The Elos Tempo and Clima are the first two controller modules that make up the foundation of the Elos Evision aquarium controller ecosystem. The simple, small networkable modules each do one thing and they do it well. The onboard navigation…
Maxspect Mazarra LED may be the first reef light with Cree XM and Philips Rebel ES
The Mazarra LED is a 3rd generation light by Maxspect which is bringing a lot of new an innovative features as well as high performance LED chips. The Mazarra may not be the first aquarium light to use Cree XM…
Bacteria King from Reef Systems is an interesting naturally porous biomedia
Bacteria King from Reef Systems is a porous biomedia that might be able to double up as a calcium reactor media. Made from accretions of worm tubes and other calcium secreting organisms, the large pellets of Bacteria King are about…
Eductor powered reactor really shears up the biopellets
Reef Systems, a distributor of many fine reef aquarium products in Asia including Ecoxotic has a nifty little biopellet reactor on display featuring an eductor inside. The educotr helps to vigorously stir up the biopellets, probably creating a lot more…
Skimz HS1 and HS2 medium sized protein skimmers
The Skimz HS1 and HS2 are new medium sized protein skimmers using Hydor’s efficient little bubble producer, the Aero pump. At first glance the Skimz HS1 appears to be an acrylic tribute to Hydor’s Slim Skim Mini with a similar…
Skimz Leopard’s inverted cone within a cone may be the least turbulent yet
The Skimz Leopard skimmer has finally been unveiled here at Aquarama in Singapore and the inverted cone is nothing to scoff at. Rising above the bubble plate, the inverted cone ingeniously guides all incoming water an bubbles against the sides…
Reef tanks of ReefStock, Denver by Mr. Saltwater
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/24137339[/vimeo] While many of America’s finest reef aquarists descended on Denver for the Reef Builders ReefStock event every March, we take the opportunity to brag about our vibrant local reef scene by visiting some of the area’s finest…
Aquarama 2011 — Live from Singapore
You think we would let one of the largest, international aquarium industry shows go by without being a part of the action? Starting May 26 we will be bringing you the action from Singapore of Aquarama 2011 — the 12th…
Researchers try to understand how fields of Leptoseris can grow at 300 feet deep
We absolutely love all corals in the family Agariciidae which includes Leptoseris, Gardinoseris, Pavona, Agaricia and Psammocora. These corals are hardy, colorful, undemanding in terms of light and flow and they have really neat color and pattern which is unique…
Apolemichthys guezei, the Reunion Island angelfish is so rare it is imagined in a painting
Apolemichthys guezei, the Reunion Island angelfish was only described in 1978 yet since that time it has rarely been photographed once in its natural habitat and it has never even been close to collection for the aquarium trade. Since so…