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Find your inner peace with Wave Zen aquarium

We appreciate unique aquariums and the Amtra Wave Zen Artist is an interesting aquarium that combines a Zen garden an smal aquarium. The combination aquarium features a rimless cube aquarium resting in a lacquered tray to help bring peace, relaxation and serenity…

Vertex V-Colla Viola epoxy wants to secure your frags

The new Vertex Aquaristik V-Colla Viola reef-safe epoxy is a new two-part epoxy designed to be reef safe and help keep cloudiness out of the system. Developed in Germany in conjunction with GlueTec, the epoxy not only will not cloud…

Tropic Marin SunaLED XL Ocean Blue fixtures available in two sizes

The new Tropic Marin SunaLED XL Ocean Blue fixtures are sleek looking lights that can utilize the MultiControl 8 to create your custom lighting profile. Coming in two sizes, the SunaLED XL 600 and the SunaLED XL 1170, the SunaLED XL fixtures…

Friday Smorgasbord: Coral orgy, rare whales, world travelling corals, taunting bears, reef destruction and crying uncle

Swimmers in Australia were victims of a cruel prank made by area coral. As beachgoers were enjoying the water and beach, things turned to a panic as reports of a chemical spill came in due to a strange, unknown substance…

Skimz boosts the Monzter SM253 skimmer with you guessed it, a controllable DC pump

The new Skimz Monzter SM253 is a new protein skimmer from the Singapore-based company that has added a variable speed controlled (VSC) DC pump bringing another manufacturer to the DC-powered skimmer market. The new skimmer is boasting a draw of 2,400 lph (about…

Eheim Skim 350 helps filter water surface for cleaner and better aerated tanks

The Eheim Skim 350 is a neat little filter that skims the surface of the aquarium to filter out dust, oils and debris to keep the surface layer clean and allow for proper gas exchange. Over time oils and fats…

Friday Smorgasbord: memorial markers, ravenous microbes, moons and flying fish oh my!

We can respect the ideals behind PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) but at times their actions can be a little wackadoodle and this story is definitely odd. Seems like a woman representing PETA in Irvine, California, is…

Polyp Lab Nano Reef-Roids Coral Food perfect for Gonies and other filter feeders

Polyp Lab Nano Reef-Roids Coral Food is a smaller version of the Reef-Roid food by the Swedish Canadian company.  The Nano Reef-Roids was developed with Goniopora’s in mind but will work well with other filter feeders that consume food particles in the 150-200 micron range. 

Philips Hue is one nifty WiFi RGB light system with apps to boot

The Philips Hue WiFi-enabled LED lighting system shows a lot of promise towards pushing app-controlled lighting into the mainstream and bodes well for the hobby overall. If you recall the Greenwave LED lighting system we touched on last week and…

Friday Smorgasbord: Flying sharks, deep water discovery, sexy fish and killer whales attack

Holy flying sharks Batman! In a story that not even the best golfer could make up (you know the guy that made that 50-foot putt to save par in a hurricane) a 2-foot leopard shark dropped from the sky onto…