BuildMyLed has been very busy diversifying its LED products and had a lot to share at MACNA. First off, they are now offering three dimmable channels in its LED strips plus you will be able to choose which LEDs go…
Turbo’s Aquatics Revised Turbo HF Scrubber
Turbo’s Aquatics had the 3rd revision of their Turbo HF Scrubber on display at MACNA 2013 . Equipped with Philips Luxeon LED’s on both sides, this algae scrubber merges new technology with a proven method of nitrate/phosphate reduction. The heat sinks…
Fauna Marin’s Soft Clownfish Food and Marin Soft Protect
Fauna Marine showed off two new foods at MACNA 2013, Soft Clownfish Food and Marin Soft Protect. Soft Clownfish Food is geared towards, you guessed it, clownfish. While there are plenty of foods available to focus on increasing the orange and…
Fluval’s Marine Systems get pricing
We’ve reported on the Fluval Marine Systems before, and they here at MACNA 2013 to let us know they are now available from any retailer that sells Hagen products. Two systems were on display, a 14-gallon and 24-gallon all-in-one systems.…
NutriCell, New Life Spectrum’s new micro-feed coral food
New Life Spectrum, makers of the beloved fish pellets, unveiled a ‘micro-feeder’ at the 2013 MACNA. This isn’t New Life Spectrum’s first foray into coral food, therefore NutriCell is definitely an evolved product. Designed to simulate plankton, it is neutrally…
Puratek, a New Controller on the Reef Scene with the Right Background
Puratek was born out of a company with roots in designing controllers for IT data centers. With a strong background in automation and disaster prevention, they branched into Aquarium controllers. They distinguish themselves from other controllers by several facets. For…
BuildMyLED strip addresses some concerns of using LED for primary lighting
I recently posted some of the obstacles I faced running LEDs. I had put my old metal halide fixture back over the tank till I had time to mull over a possible solution. The notable issue is the nature of…
Coral color is NOT necessarily an indicator of success or health
Lately, there have been various assaults on lighting in many popular reefkeeping forums: The white light zealots attacking the Windex blue fanboys, and the T5/Metal Halide fans using coral color as evidence that LEDs are bad or wrong; fanaticism doesn’t…
Bridging the old & new: revisiting halides after some time with LEDs
Over the last few years, I migrated every reef tank I have to LED, even a little freshwater nano is running LED. I think there is a huge future in LEDs and switching to LED changed my view on lighting…
From the Archives: How to appease the aquarium gods
The gods of coral reef aquariums are wrathful. They do not appreciate any display of confidence, comfort, or excitement for the hobby. You must respect them to succeed in this hobby. Here are some rules I have learned to follow…