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The HydroLED from Lucenova is one sleek and curvaceous LED fixture

The HydroLED is a curvy new LED reef light from Lucenova. Lucenova is a relatively new Italian lighting company that mostly focuses on the  architectural side of LEDs. Quite simply the HydroLED are some extremely attractive light fixtures and the…

Reef Angel announces new two-channel dosing pump, availaible for pre-order shortly

It’s been a while since we last covered the Reef Angel controller, but the creators of this neat open source controller haven’t been sitting still. Along with a lot of improvement software wise, Reef Angel has just announced that they…

AquaMaxx releases yet another biopellet product along with Carbon One and Phosphate Out

AquaMaxx recently released their BioMaxx plus pellets, adding to the wide array of biopellets to choose from. The BioMaxx plus pellets very much remind us of the ATB biopellets we got our hands on awhile back, the NOPO biopellets we…

LGMAquari releases new fluidized bed filter and phytoplankton reactor

We touched on the LGMAquari HOB skimmer spied at Zoomark last month and we have a couple of other interesting products coming from the Italian boutique manufacturer. LGMAquari was showing off a new fluidized bed filter along with a phytoplankton reactor…

LGMAquari shows off new HOB skimmer at Zoomark

Italian manufacturer LGMAquari is bringing a few new products to market including a new HOB skimmer at the Italian pet tradeshow Zoomark International 2011 held in Bologna in May. We have seen some of the simple designs from LGMAquari in the…

DIDOSY unveils unique dosing systems lines

DIDOSY is a new and unique line of dosing pumps getting worldwide distribution via Coral-Shop and Coral Planet. We saw one line of the DIDOSY (DIgital DOsing SYstem) earlier and thanks to Coral-Shop we have more information on the product.…

New LED fixture from Kessil offers an attractive spotlight design

Kessil, a company that focuses primarily on LED lighting in the horticulture industry, just joined the LED aquarium lighting side with their Kessil A150w fixture. The new LED fixture of Kessil, unlike the name suggests, only uses 36 watts and utilizes…

Octopus eggs hatching at Steinhart Aquarium, a sight to behold

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/20288962[/vimeo] The video of hatchling giant pacific octopus by Richard Ross is one of the most incredible we’ve seen in quite a long time. The waterfall of thousands of little octopuses darting into the water column will take the…

New LED fixtures from Reef Filtration pack quite a bit of light for under $350

The new LED fixtures from Reef Filtration offer individual LED circuits and a as they claim 7200 lumens all for just $325 bucks. The new LED fixture uses Epistar LED’s with 90 degrees optics, enough current to drive the at…

Sander’s reef is quite a beast at almost 11 feet

The video of Sander’s reef aquarium pretty much speaks for itself; this is one long and awesome tank.  The tank measures 130x24x18”  for a volume of around 235 gallons and is lit by two 8 x 80 watt ATI fixtures.  The T5 fluorescent…