Every year and every reef show and conference we go to, people always come up to us, either at our booth or while walking about, whether there or we have seen any new and revolutionary new products lately. Most of…
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Skimz EL filter sock knocks the socks off felt
While filter socks may not be the most glamorous piece of equipment in the reefing world, they are workhorses and serve a valuable purpose. Skimz is taking the lowly sock to the next level with the Skimz EL (Extended Life) filter sock…
IceCap K2 Protein Skimmer debut at MACNA
The IceCap K2 protein skimmer is a new line of fancy foam fractionators from CoralVue which takes the best features of modern protein skimmers and brings them altogether in a fairly progressive package. The IceCap K2 is pretty standard issue…
Fluorescent green axolotl is a curious oddity for MACNA
The fluorescent green axolotl is just about the last thing we expected to see at a marine aquarium conference. We interrupt our MACNA 2015 product posting spree to bring you a curious aside about the most unlikely “product” to be…
Elos E-Lite Mini LED revisits a classic design
The Elos E-Lite Mini LED is a new light with a familiar and classic design. It hasn’t even been ten years since Elos was one of the first major manufacturer to release a real LED lighting fixture, the E-Lite LED,…
RLSS introduces radically new db5i, db6i and db8i protein skimmers
Reef Life Support Systems kept their MACNA presence pretty low key this year, but their new line of DBi skimmers are anything but. With a radical new pipeless design and a slew of innovative features, the DBi protein skimmers are…
Chalice Power and Nutrigorg coral foods announced by Two Little Fishies
Chalice Power and Nutrigorg are two new foods from Two Little Fishies which are among the first offerings to target these specific groups of aquarium corals. Developed by Justin Credabel and along the lines of Goniopower, Chalice Power and Nutrigorg…
Current USA Eflux pump hints at great small things to come
The Current USA EFlux pump is an exciting new entry from a company that has so far really only offered lights for our aquariums. While the Eflux pump itself may be little different from the numerous powerheads that are coming out…
Orphek super blue Atlantik Slimline Strip LED
The Orphek Super Blue LED Atlantik Slimline LED is a very interesting new light that could make some real waves in supplemental lighting. The super blue Atlantik Slimline was all but overshadowed by the Atlantik V3 and Kaspian LED lights that…
ELOS Colorimeter 2.0 for Water Analysis test kits
The Elos Colorimeter has been resurrected at MACNA 2015. It’s been more than six years since the original Elos Colorimeter project was shuttered, but with electronics becoming better, cheaper and easier to integrate than ever, Elos has revisited the digital water…