Reef Energy AB+ plus is a new formulation of Red Sea’s unique blend of additives specifically designed to meet the needs of coral nutrition. As far as we know Red Sea’s Reef Energy A & B additives are the only…
Fancy Vectra Barb & Strainer Kits Coming Soon
The Vectra Barb & Strainer kit is a new pre-filter option for users of Ecotech Marine’s Vectra centrifugal pumps. These new fittings use the new larger diameter of the series 2 Vectra pumps’ inlet and outlets to connect and disconnect…
Elegance Corals are an Affordable Substitute to Torch Corals
There’s a full-on Gold Rush going on right now with Torch corals, and that has multiplied the price into unobtainium territory for most people, ourselves included. We just can’t, in good conscience, spend hundreds of dollars for a single coral…
All-White “Ghosted Out” Kessil A360X is Definitely Coming
Several months ago at MACNA we spotted something which really piqued our attention, and that was an all-white Kessil A360X. Since the early days of Kessil the black colored lights were reserved to the aquarium spectrum models, and the white…
World Wide Corals Superstore Opening Next Weekend, Nov. 2nd & 3rd
It seems like World Wide Corals has been working on their new location for a really long time but at long last the wait is over. Although World Wide Corals seems to have an outsize presence online, the beating heart…
Colombo Marine Test Stirrer Simplifies Calcium & Magnesium Testing
The new magnetic Test Stirrer from Colombo is the kind of quality-of-life accessory that we need much more of in the aquarium hobby. Some tests like pH and alkalinity are easy enough to perform, but have you ever tried to…
Bunga, Laeta and Phenganax: Lots of Micro Octocorals Finally get Named
Bunga, Laeta & Phenganax are the new taxonomic homes for a wide variety of small, nondescript octocorals that often hitchhike into our aquariums on coral bases and live rocks. Phenganax is an existing genus which just inducted two new species…
GHL Ion Director Monitors Calcium, Magnesium & Nitrate with NO Reagents!
The Ion Director by GHL is a very promising new device that brings the aquarium world one step closer to robotic reefing. GHL released the KH Director at a time when many different manufacturers were converging on creating their own…
Pteropsaron indicum, A Striking New Species of Signalfish
Pteropsaron indicum is a newly minted species of signalfish which has us really wishing this group of fish had any presence in the hobbyist or public aquarium world. The reason that signalfish are pretty much nonexistent on our collective radar…
Beginning to Build a Massive Closed Loop [Video]
before propeller pumps took over how we generate water movement in our reef tanks, the most cutting edge way to do this, especially in large tanks, was closed loops. Still used on some of the largest tanks, in conjunction with…