PicO Skim by PicO Aquariums is a new air driven nano protein skimmer that seems to be catching the wave of the small and effective filtration devices. Borrowing some design cues from Gnome Glass nano skimmer, the PicO skimmer is…
True Lumen Pro Nano LED tutorial video shows how anyone can retrofit basic LEDs into a nano reef
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlwO-8V4Ok[/youtube] There once was a time when retrofitting was solely the purview of power compact lamps, with pre-made kits being sold in stores by Current-USA and its predecessors. Then LED retrofitting came around and this fine art was…
Oliver Knott displays extreme aquascaping creativity in the Anubias booth and all over InterZoo
Any saltwater aquarists who’s been keeping fish or corals for some time knows that the freshwater aquarists have us trumped when it comes to making beautiful displays of aquarium nature. Most of this exposure to freshwater planted aquariums will be…
AI PowerPuck for the AI Vega offers near limitless customization of LED colors
The AI PowerPuck is a new program for future AI Vega owners which will allow you to custom select the LED colors of an AI Vega fixture after you buy it. Using the Color Configuration tool on the AquaIllumination website,…
AquaUno A1 BactoComplex brings enzymatic bacteria culture to Elos PrimaIine
AquaUno A1 BactoComplex from Elos is a new additive of bacteria and enzymes designed to jumpstart the biology of freshwater and marine aquariums. When added regularly, AquaUno BactoComplex helps to break down organic matter, helping to reduce and prevent the buildup…
More Lytro pictures of the Estherea Hotel reef aquarium by Jan Willem Esselaar
http://pictures.lytro.com/ReefBuilders/pictures/188433 There’s something about Lytro’s light field camera which is especially well suited to telling the story of an aquarium. Being able to focus in on different layers of the reef aquarium aquascape transports the viewer to the scene, and…
Spawning flower anemone lets its gametes go for the Coral Morphologic camera
If you thought flower anemones are cool, check out the appearance of this spawning flower anemone slowly ejecting a mass of white cloudy sperm into the aquarium water. This Epicystis crucifer was getting its sexual spawning on in the lab of…
Gnome Glass air skimmer advances with adjustable bracket and airstone position, still all glass
Air driven skimmers are gaining momentum in the nano and pico reef scene and Gnome Glass skimmers are some of the coolest, hand made glass designs you can buy. Recently Gnome Glass developed a method of making a bracket out…
C-Blue’s LED striplights use unique triple-chip LEDs
There were so many different LED lights to see at InterZoo 2012 in Germany this year, it was hard to weed through all the noise to find the gems in the rough but along with that cool Aqualighter LED from…
AquaEl built a fabulous soccer (football) aquarium
AquaEl’s football aquarium stadium (soccer in the US) is almost perfect. The football aquarium has real hairgrass (Eleocharis sp.) grown into a field with neat white plastic grid delineating the boundaries of the playable area. Broad LED lights are mounted…