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Red Sea ReefDose is a High Precision Wireless Dosing Machine

The Red Sea ReefDose is a very exciting new device with a laundry list of features we’ve been dying to see in a dosing pump. The ReefDose is wireless, is very accurate, easy to maintain, and should be one of…

Triton Preparing To Take Aquarium Water Testing ‘Beyond ICP’

Triton has become synonymous with ICP testing since they first introduced the concept to the reef aquarium hobbyist around the world half a decade ago. ICP testing has opened up a new frontier in our understanding of reef aquarium chemistry,…

There is NO Ban on Indonesian Corals

The reef aquarium industry has been understandably on edge these past few months, with tangible uncertainties about the future of marine life exports from Hawaii and Fiji as of late. Today, an ambiguously worded, and poorly translated, message from the…

Kessil adds H160 Tuna Flora to lineup

The Kessil H160 Tuna Flora is the latest light in the Kessil product line joining the smaller H80 Tuna Flora and larger H380 Spectral Halo II as their third grow light. The new H160 Tuna Flora pumps out 40W from…

Nyos Torq Media Reactor is all about that Base!

The Nyos Torq media reactor is a spanking new design that should get everyone much more excited about using chemical medias again. With its modular design that comes in three sizes and a special pumping base to power it all,…

Top Companies We Expect Great New Products From at InterZoo

If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time, then you know that InterZoo is the ‘Olympics’ of new pet and aquarium products. This mega-conference is so large that it takes place every two years, across several halls…

Rare Fish Spotlight: The Poor Man’s Candy Basslet, Liopropoma swalesi

The Swalesi basslet, Liopropoma swalesi, is a very attractive fish which is hardy and a perfect, calm-mannered citizen of reef aquariums. Although it’s a beautiful fish, the swalesi basslet has been mostly overshadowed by more exotic species of basslets, most notably, the…

Video Tour of China’s Biggest Aquarium Show Part 2

The China International Pet Show towards the end of last year is a show so huge and sprawling that it literally took two videos just to bring you part of it. While the first video was mostly freshwater fish, the…

Video Tour of China’s Biggest Aquarium Show, CIPS part 1

If there’s one thing about the reef aquarium hobby that doesn’t even compare to the freshwater world, it’s the huge number of competitions in various parts of the hobby. Sure we’ve got some localized coral grow-out challenges but it’s not…

The Perks of Using A Digital Water Flow Meter

When I first started using the Corrente Flowmeter by Perfect Reef Systems, I couldn’t have known how much I would really fall in love with this device. Having the Corrente installed on my main reef display’s primary return pump for…