We first saw the Sicce ADV internal filter at Aquarama in Singapore but versions of this filter have been OEM’d for other companies for years. Sicce’s nifty Shark ADV internal filter has already been an attention grabber for using magnets to stack…
Companies
Nyos Reefer line of high value test kits
Nyos is a budding full line marine aquarium company which this week is making news with a new line of test kits called Reefer. The Reefer line of marine aquarium test kits include calcium, alkalinity, nitrate, phosphate and magnesium and…
Biotek LED light stand is a classy new way to mount Radions and Hydras
Biotek is a new aquarium product line from Aquarium Specialty that will be breaking out with a beefy acrylic mounting solution for Ecotech Marine and AquaIllumination LED lights. The Biotek LED Light Stand is made of heavy duty black acrylic,…
CoralVue Elite Super Cone protein skimmers
The Reef Octopus Elite Super Cone Skimmer is the latest high capacity protein skimmer from the highly prolific Chinese marine aquarium company. The Elite Super Cone is essentially identical in specs to the recently announced Reef Octopus Prime skimmers save…
Nyos Quantum skimmer promises lots of refinement while looking outrageously cool
The Nyos Quantum protein skimmer is a familiar cone body design that is being presented in a wholly creative way with lots of refinement throughout its construction. The most striking thing about the Nyos Quantum skimmer is its nearly all-clear…
Orange tongue coral with red tentacles and purple tips – first frag coming to tonight’s Diver’s Den
The mother of all orange tongue corals is coming to LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den tonight. Being a colonial Fungiid, tongue corals of the Herpolitha genus are colonial which makes them a very suitable candidate for fragging and propagation, as is the case…
ZooMed’s Repticare Day & Night timer can double as cheap ‘wavemaker’
If there’s one thing that aquarists and reefers are really good at, it’s repurposing products and devices to suit our needs and specific applications. We often reach out to totally unrelated hobbies and markets for new gear, but this ‘hack’…
Four new nano propeller pumps for your consideration
2014 has kicked off with a plethora of new nano propeller pumps to address the needs of smaller marine and reef aquariums. Both Sicce, Eheim, Hydor and Cobalt Aquatics have their thrown their hat in the ring for contending in…
The Reef Octopus automatic waste collector just works
Automatic waste collectors for use with high capacity protein skimmers have been around for some time but like aquarium controllers, they are getting affordable enough to be considered a piece of general aquarium equipment. The Reef Octopus Automatic Waste Collector sits…
Giesemann coming to CoralVue, company secures rights to North American distribution
Giesemann, one of the world’s premier aquatic lighting companies based in Germany, recently announced CoralVue has been named as the North American distributor for Giesemann products. CoralVue has already begun branding the company as Giesemann Aquaristic USA. Update: This agreement…