Cobalt International, the brand who became famous for releasing probiotic fish food, supplements and their Neotherm aquarium heater has entered into a part distribution and support agreement with Eheim for the North American market. Sources close to the matter inform…
Companies
Fritz’s Great Reason to Make Just One Type of Salt
The market for reef aquarium salt has exploded in recent years with more new brands throwing their hat into the ring than ever before. It is not unusual for these companies to offer two or sometimes even three types of…
Aqua Medic Adds DC Runner 9.1 to Their Controllable Pump Lineup
Aqua Medic has been busily modernizing their fleet of reef aquarium gear with the latest product line to get the refresh is their DC Runner centrifugal pumps. Earlier last year the DC Runners were upgraded with point-one designation that featured…
Who is AquaForest and What is Their Reef Aquarium Philosophy?
AquaForest is a new aquarium company out of Poland which is taking the reef world by storm. Going from a little known outfit a couple years ago to being on the shelves of fish stores all over the world, there’s…
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 2: One of The Best Skimmers Ever
The Tunze DOC DC 9410 Skimmer is one of the veteran company’s first ever controllable protein skimmer models. We’ve been using this model on a 60 gallon reef tank for half a year and we couldn’t be happier with the…
Biota’s Bristletail Filefish are TRAINED to Eat Aiptasia!
Bristletail filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus, is a well known reef fish that has a strong potential to eat Aiptasia and Majano pest anemones. Despite their long record, I’d actually never personally employed one for this purpose, opting instead for peppermint shrimp and/or copperband…
PE Flake Food Coming in 2017 From Piscine Energetics
We just recently found out that Piscine Energetics had developed their own process for making pellet food with fresh mysis shrimp and now we learn they’re working on doing the same thing in a flake food. PE Flake, as the name…
LiveAquaria Reinvests in Delivering the Best Marine Livestock
LiveAquaria is a company that needs no introduction in the North American reef aquarium hobby. From rare fish to exotic corals and 100% captive grown frags, the Rhinelander based livestock company has been a leader in our industry for the better…
Say goodbye to feeding clips with Easy Reef Masstick
For anyone that’s fumbled with seaweed and feeding clips, they you might want to check out Easy Reef Masstick, a self-adhering food you mix up and slap on the side of your aquarium. Masstick comes in a powder that you…
Gorgeous Aberrant Dottybacks Collected in Philippines
Pictichromis dottybacks are a staple of the marine aquarium hobby, with strawberry and diadema dottybacks being a common and hardy fish well suited for beginner reef tanks. Since these fish are so abundant and often seen in tanks and stores,…