Macroalgae reactors are built with the sole purpose of growing chaetomorpha algae. While it’s possible to grow small amounts of chaetomorpha in a refugium, a dedicated macroalgae reactor goes beyond the humble refugium to create a supercharged macroalgae growing machine.…
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Reef145’s tank is stylish — and an equipment lover’s dream
This tank of Reef145 is a sweet design by Sam Slobusky of New Orleans-based Wet Work that is built around a custom Elos 160 gallon tank and features a who’s who of cool aquarium tech. When we first heard about this…
Pax Bellum ARID is a sweet looking piece of reef machinery
One look at the Pax Bellum ARID in person and you just say “Wow! I want that! But what does it do again?” As a device, it just looks bad-ass and that whatever job it does, it will do well.…
Ultra Reef Macroalgae and Media Reactors will be quick to service
Ultra Reef has an innovative new design for a media reactor with an optional conversion kit to transform into a macroalgae filter/reactor. The design and craftsmanship of Ultra Reef aquarium equipment is uniquely Italian and it shows in all of their…
Unique Corals unveils new Pax Bellum N12 nano chaeto reactor
The Pax Bellum Chaetomorpha reactor is one of the more interesting new products to hit the aquarium scene last year. To date most of the Chaeto-filters from Pax Bellum have been made for rather large tanks, but at ReefStock we spied…
Pax Bellum ARID Filter review: the most ‘intense’ way to grow Chaetomorpha
They say that everything that is old will be new again, and this statement couldn’t ring any more true for the Pax Bellum ARID Chaetomorpha filters. In the early days of successful reef keeping, algae scrubbers and phyto-remediation was the state…
The innovative LED heat pipe at the heart of Pax Bellum Chaeto filters
The A.R.I.D. Chaetomorpha filters from Pax Bellum are some of the most interesting algae scrubbers that we’ve seen in years. Having been in development for somewhere near half a decade, the unique design features a tube of high output LEDs that…
A.R.I.D. chaetomorpha macroalgae scrubbers from Pax-Bellum
The marine aquarium hobby is always on the lookout for ever simpler and more effective ways to reduce nutrients in our tanks. The A.R.I.D. devices from Pax-Bellum are a new way to apply intensive macroalgae scrubbing to nutrient reduction, making…