Elos recently unveiled the new QuietDrain overflow, which is a patented technique for allowing an immense amount of water volume through a tiny little overflow box. For such a small little box, the new Elos QuietDrain packs a surprising number…
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Top 5 new aquarium products of MACNA 2015
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…
Update on the MindStream water monitoring system
The MindStream KickStarter may have failed to reach its lofty goal of $300,000 but that doesn’t mean that parent company Step Ahead Innovations is dead in the water. Far from it, while the successful funding campaign would have brought the…
MaxSpect uses novel method to demonstrate water flow
Demonstrating the complex fluid dynamics that occur when water flow moves in an aquarium is a tall order. Not many have tried to explain it, let alone demonstrate how water moves in real time, but we think MaxSpect has taken…
Fusigobius, Transparent Cave Goby now available from ORA
The Transparent Cave Goby is a newly bred species of Fusigobius recently announced by Oceans Reefs & Aquariums. We got a close look at the new captive bred fish from ORA at their MACNA booth and this fish might not win…
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…
Aqueon Optibright LED striplight looks like entry-level goodness
The Optibright is Aqueon’s newest foray into solid state LED lighting with a form factor that is much more conventional by modern standards. Aqueon’s and its parent company’s previous LED efforts have included the modular LED tubes, modular LED spotlights.…
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…