The Icecap Magnetic Kalkwasser Stirrer is a type of kalkreactor which could make dosing kalkwasser cool again. Dosing a solution of calcium hydroxide is one of the oldest ‘methods’ in reef keeping so any device that can streamline that process…
Calcium Reactors
Tunze Calcium Automat Brings Refinement to Calcium Reactor
You may not know this, but Tunze has actually offered a calcium reactor for many years now. The German company’s unique take on the calcium reactor has historically been of an unconventional form factor, but the two new models of…
CalcFeeder Pro is a new automatic calcium reactor from Pacific Sun
The CalcFeeder Pro is a brand new design in calcium reactor technology that should make it much easier and reliable to dissolve calcium carbonate aragonite media. The CalcFeeder Pro takes the basic concept of the DaStaCo calcium reactor and improves everything…
Tunze controller and Calcium Reactor join the list of new releases for InterZoo 2016
A Tunze Controller and a new Calcium reactor seem like they’ll be in the cards for big reveals next week. Tunze is playing hard to get leading up to this year’s InterZoo and they are continuing to tease us with tantalizing…
Ultra Reef makes some of the most beautiful calcium reactors
Ultra Reef is an Italian aquarium gear builder which has been making fine protein skimmers and calcium reactors for several years now. We’ve watched the design of their calcium shift and change ever slightly over time, and what they have…
Top 10 great legacy aquarium products that are still being sold
A couple of weeks ago we lamented the fact that some pretty useless aquarium products are still widely available to purchase. Today’s piece is the flip side of that coin, with an overview of some great legacy products that you…
ReMag boosts the magnesium output of calcium reactors
ReMag is a new magnesium reaction media for boosting this important element from calcium reactors. Normal calcium reactor medias are basically aragonite, and primarily output calcium and carbonate and only minor traces of other elements as they are dissolved. Two…
First hand experience with the DaStaCo automatic calcium reactor
DaStaCo’s calcium reactors are a unique application of using acidified seawater to continuously dissolve calcium carbonate media to supply minerals to fast growing SPS corals. Where all other calcium reactor designs use a solenoid valve that is controlled through the…
Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor is compact and streamlined
The Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor is small on size, but big on features and quite noticeably different from what we have seen before. It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a truly novel calcium reactor design, and Skimz of…
Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor debuting at Aquarama next week
Skimz is at it again with its mission to gain more real estate in your sump with the introduction of its Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor next week at Aquarama in Singapore. Powered by what they are touting as the…