The Eshopps Cube Nano Refugium is a dramatic new design concept from Eshopps which uses a novel approach to packing in a ton of functionality, into a very small volume. The diminutive little Cube Nano Refugium is a sump intended…
World Wide Corals Grand Opening of their Frag Farm this weekend
This weekend on Saturday, World Wide Corals will have their first and only public showing of the coral farm they’ve been working to build and grow for nearly a year. World Wide Corals already cranks out a ton of corals and…
Fishbit aquarium monitor and controller launches at CES
The Fishbit is a new aquarium controller and monitor which aims to simplify the process of keeping tabs on your aquarium when you are not around. Fishbit takes a radically different approach to aquarium monitoring by combining all the important sensors…
Kessil A160we LED spotlight review: the best gets even better
When it comes to LED spotlights for our aquariums, there’s basically Kessil, and everybody else. Where nearly all other manufacturers have focused their efforts on building essentially the same tablet-shaped fixture with varying colors and intensities of diodes and a…
Descending devices allow fisherman to release deep sea fish unharmed
Principle tenets of being responsible aquarists and fisherman is to be good stewards of the resources that we’ve been endowed. For aquarists this means sourcing sustainably caught or captive bred fish, and for fisherman this means releasing fish that are…
Multi Light Radion Mounting System (RMS) released by Ecotech Marine
The Multi-Light Radion Mounting System is the first end-to-end light mounting solution the hobby has been clamoring for to affix more than one Radion LED light over our aquariums. The Multi-Light RMS is a three part kit that can be fitted…
Neptune Systems DoS fluid metering system hands-on and teardown
The DoS Fluid Metering System from Neptune Systems was one of the company’s most exciting new product announcements at MACNA last year, and a lucky few early adopters received their new device right at the closing of the year. We…
Temporary quarantine tank can make a fascinating display
When you picture a quarantine tank for receiving and conditioning marine aquarium fish, images of a scuzzy, bare bones glass tank with salt creep all over probably come to mind first. Indeed, aquarists have treated quarantine tanks as a “necessary…
Fields of Caribbean staghorn corals discovered off Florida coast
In another bit of good news to start off the new year, it was recently announced that a huge field of Caribbean staghorn coral was discovered right off of the coast of South Florida. The Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is…
The Phoenix Effect gives us reason to be hopeful about wild corals
On any given day it is easy to come across news of how the ocean is in danger, coral reefs are dying, and the sky is generally falling in regards to the outlook for corals on this planet. That is…