The GroTech ceramic knife is the first non-metal tool ever offered to reef hobbyists, that we know of. For all the tools we have for the marine and reef aquarium hobby, they’re still all metal, and all susceptible to corrosion…
Waveline DC 10,000 prototype stacked up next to DC 5000
The Waveline DC10000 is a variable speed water pump which is the big brother to the DC5000 powering some RLSS skimmers. The Waveline DC10,000 uses the same controller as the DC5000, with a feed button to shut things down for…
CPR Aeroforce AP air driven hang on protein skimmer
Air driven protein skimmers are making a come back, or at least we want them to because there’s hardly an easier or simpler way to mix air and water for the sake of cleaning marine aquarium water. The AeroForce AP…
ADA Aquasky LED is Aqua Design Amano’s first foray into aquarium LED lighting
The ADA Aquasky LED is the sexy, svelte metal and glass LED light we always hoped that Aqua Design Amano would make. Last out of the gate for aquarium LED lights only means that ADA really took the time to…
Sicce AM366 LED added to a growing list of solid state lights from Sicce
The Sicce AM366 LED is the smallest real LED fixture just announced by Sicce which will join the Sicce AM466 and Sicce AM650 LED lights, not counting the tiny little Sicce Nano LED. With an overall power consumption of just…
How do you balance personal life and a love for the aquarium hobby?
We’ve heard it called the Kitchen Pass, the Wife Factor and a host of other things but it is undeniable that in this fascinating aquarium hobby of ours, many of us need to have the significant other sign off on the size…
Magnetic Zeovit reactor uses MagLev to help stir the zeolites
It’s not everyday that a simple dea yields surprisingly useful results, and even less likely that it comes from the budget aquarium product suppliers. However, the magnetic FSZ60 zeovit reactor from Fish Street is exactly that, using two magnets in the…
Hands on with Koven Aquatics red, white and blue LED accent strip lights
Red, white and blue LED strips form the three basic color found in the Koven Aquatics LED striplights. With just 5 watts of power spread out over each foot, the Koven Aquatics are not exactly reef capable but their thin…
Aqua Excel AESumi nano protein skimmer packs the most features in the tiniest package
The AESumi nano skimmer from Aqua Excel is the tiniest little foam fractionator with just about every feature you can have in a skimmer. Surface skimmer, needle wheel pump with a silencer, a bubble diffuser plate, adjustable cup height and…
Reef Gently’s AccliStick is an analog way to digitally adjust your acclimation drip rate
The AccliStick from Reef Gently is a a great idea to get a baseline drip rate for acclimating different sorts of fish. The very first day we worked at a fish store, one of the veteran fishguys showed us how…