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Reef Octopus Professional Open Volute is another space saving skimmer with DC pump

The Professional Open Volute (POV) from Reef Octopus is the latest protein skimmer to feature a DC pump. With a space saving design, and internal DC pump it strongly reminds us of the new semi-pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC series we…

Aquatronica Black Box in final stages of release

Aquatronica is an European company largely known for their line of high end controllers, and was probably one of the first modular aquarium controllers to enter the market back in the day. Aquatronica has been working on a new and…

JNS Dosing containers are simple, stackable, and drain out completely

These JNS Dosing containers look great and probably work like great, but we have to admit that dosing containers are more of a nice accessory than anything else, mostly doing not much more than being more presentable than a regular…

Neptune Distribution calcium reactors resemble My Reef Creations, but at least available to Europe

My Reef Creations (MRC) by this point is a staple of high performance aquarium equipment in the US market. However, Neptune Distribution a French company is releasing a calcium reactor that looks suspiciously close (nearly identical) to the MRC calcium…

Reef Octopus BioChurn gets more info and actually offers a very ingenious design

  The Reef Octopus BioChurn reactors are some very interesting bio-pellet spinning machines. When they first announced, we were not entirely sure how exactly they were supposed to work, but from the few available videos it was clear at least…

The new Pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC Series skimmer are the smallest skimmers using DC pumps we’ve seen yet

DC pumps are the future of skimmers, and nearly every single new (consumer grade) protein skimmer that has been released in the past couple of months is re-affirming just that. These new Skimz Monzter VSC Series DC skimmers are special however…

Vertex adds a lot more color options to their Vertex Illumina LED fixtures with new AUX Module

The Vertex Illumina is already a great LED fixture with a lot of color options, and some pretty cool software to boot, but the fixture just got even better with a new multicolor auxiliary (AUX) LED module. For those of you not…

Andrea Negusanti’s super sweet system from Italy

Located in Italy this reef of Andrea Negusanti really is by all means a stunning system. With the use of an iconic rimless Aquarium, Elos style stand, and Elos Lighting and not to mention the blue background every great looking reef…

This store display from Marinescape Aquarium, in Ottawa Canada is as classy as it gets

We love special reef tanks, and this is certainly one of them. Despite having an aquascape with a detritus-trapping and flow momentum-destroying rock the effect of having a reef aquarium scene packed with wall to wall corals is still quite…

Reef Builders Pick: Five favorite large reef tanks

For this week’s Reef Builders Pick we’ve some serious eye candy. With five large reef tanks from all over the world including France, South Africa, Brazil, England, and Holland this line up is as international as it is amazing. Massive…