MACNA

Ultralife Mag-Tastic magnetic holder debuting at MACNA

Ultralife Reef Products is introducing its Mag-Tastic magnetic aquarium holder at MACNA next month. The simple, yet handy design is designed to hold a wide range of aquarium gizmos in place. Available in a set of one or two holders, the…

Apex Users Meetup Group at MACNA to feature champagne breakfast and more

The third annual Neptune Systems Apex Users Meetup Group is happening again right before this year’s MACNA event in Washington D.C. and will feature a bunch of fun activities including a champagne breakfast, free grab bag, raffles, speakers and more…

Aqua Link pump speed controller to be revealed at MACNA

The Aqua Link Controller is an interesting device coming at us straight from China to actually do something quite useful. Like the IceCap Gyre Interface Module the Aqua Link Controller allows you to get your controllable DC pumps ‘online’, but…

MACNA in Washington D.C. is just three weeks away, are you ready?

The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America is the biggest reef aquarium event in the world, and it’s just three weeks away. The Washington D.C club probably has a lot of preparation left to do but if you haven’t made…

Calling all MACNA attendees. We want you to clip all the fins!

This is a public service announcement for all Fairy Wrasse aficionados. As you may have known, we are embarking on a cursory phylogenetic review of the genus Cirrhilabrus in all its intimate and baroque detail. As fun as it is…

Why you should go to the bigger reef shows

    While driving home from the great Reefapalooza event that Lou and Victor of World Wide Coral put together in New York last weekend, I began thinking about how much events like that one had evolved on my way back to…

Who will be the MASNA 2015 Aquarist of the Year?

  Each year MASNA members nominate individuals who have contributed to the hobby for the MASNA Aquarist of the Year award.  The award is presented at MACNA, during the Saturday banquet.  Last years winner, Rich Ross, joined a renowned group…

MACNA 2015 gets a mobile app

The upcoming MACNA 2015 conference in Washington DC has gotten a bit more mobile adding a mobile app for both Android and iOS. This is a handy tool that will help you keep track of the event schedule, exhibitors, things…

Rich Ross focuses on Phosphate in the last MACNA 2014 speaker video

“Phosphate does not mean what you think it means” is probably one of the most profound things any speaker has said about this much maligned nutrient in our reef tanks. While PO4 gets a bad rap in our tanks, nothing,…

Bulk Reef Supply releases a few more MACNA talks: Ciotti on ‘scaping, Mazel on Fluorescence, & Bowling on Palau

Ever since the conclusion of MACNA 2014 in Denver, Colorado we’ve enjoyed a historic round of speaker videos made possible by Bulk Reef Supply. Most of MACNA’s speaker presentations have been uploaded and released but BRS saved a few more…