The Ecotech Radion LED is a newly registered trademark from Ecotech Marine, makers of the Vortech propeller water pump. For years Ecotech Marine just made water pumps and a battery for it, but this year we saw a completely new…
FishTales is a new Australian TV show with a focus on education
FishTales is a new TV show from Australia hosted by Paul Talbot. We really connect with the opening scene of this promo video, as we can remember spending waayyyy too long to buy nothing at the aquarium stores while loitering…
Gold foil blue maxima clam from ReefKoi is practically one of a kind
The gold foil maxima clam is a particulalry unique mutation we’ve seen only once before in giant clams. The unusual Tridacna maxima clam from ReefKoi has the pattern of an average high quality blue maxima, but the normally all blue…
API Nexx filter merges the best of power and canister filters
The API Nexx filter is an extremely novel new take on aquarium filtration which borrows the best features of external power filters and canister filters and adds a few original tricks as well. At first glance the API Nexx filter…
Rare red ‘chocolate chip’ starfish is stunningly vivid
Last week while making a crawl of the Denver area aquarium stores I stumbled across an insanely bright starfish that made my jaw drop. Now I’ve seen a few different types of ‘chocolate chip’ starfish, some of which were mostly…
Tunze Masterstream powers a boat, makes the case for measuring output in thrust instead of GPH
[vimeo width=”400″ height=”700″]http://vimeo.com/26921208[/vimeo] Here we have a peculiar video of Tunze’s largest water pump, the Turbelle MasterStream 6515, outfitted to a small boat and pushing it along with great force. We received this video from Roger Vitko of Tunze USA…
AquaticLife 8 bulb T5 fixture is built with metal, designed with value in mind
Although AquaticLife has somewhat of a penchant for the modular LED and T5 lights, they have departed from that trend with a new HO T5 fixture which is is all in with an 8 bulb set up. The new 8-bulb,…
Chameleon Grow Systems Solar genesis plasma grow light gets field tested at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
The Solar Genesis plasma grow light from Chameleon Grow Systems is arguably one of the best looking and best performing lights we’ve yet seen using the LIFI component from Luxim. We recently had the chance to meet with the president…
AquaticLife outs new modular LED strips in blue and 50/50
AquaticLife LED striplights were shown off for the first time this weekend in Seattle by their distributor, Sunlight Supply. It was only a matter of time until AquaticLife joined the solid state lighting party with an actual LED striplight and…
Aquarium Design Group’s new retail store shows off True Lumen Pro LEDs, and vice versa
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJCgY1vulb0[/youtube] We know that this video was produced by Aquarium Design Group to show off the new True Lumen Pro LED strips from Current USA but in other ways, the True Lumen Pro LEDs are doing just as…