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Nyos Phosphate & Nitrate test kit review

NYOS is a progressive brand of marine aquarium products which has recently teamed up with Ecotech Marine to make inroads in the American side of the marine aquarium hobby. The Reefer line of marine aquarium test kits are some of…

MaxSpect Gyre XF180 to be unveiled at MACNA

The Gyre XF180 is the newest and largest new model to be officially revealed by MaxSpect, and it will be formally displayed at MACNA 2015 in Washington D.C. next weekend. The FX180 marks the third new model of powerful Gyre…

Fathom announces new affordable underwater drone

The Fathom Drone is an exciting new device that unlocks the secrets of deep waters without ever having to get wet. What makes the fathom drone unique is that it has a single turbine engine and it was built with…

Channel design of Eshopps Advance sumps explained on video

The reef aquarium hobby is enjoying quite the renaissance of reef aquarium sumps, and Eshopps is going all in with their radically designed ADV sumps with ECD. If you haven’t seen one of Eshopps new channeled reef aquarium sump filters…

Sicce XStream-E review, an efficient and silent water mover

Sicce isn’t new to the aquarium pump game by any means and they’re constantly churning out new products. So anytime we can get out hands on their newest offerings we’ve obviously got to give them a whirl. The XStream-E propeller pump…

Waveline is the newest DC pump to be ‘Apex-Ready’

The latest batch of Waveline DC pumps from RLSS are finally shipping with new Apex ready drivers, and it’s not a moment too soon. All of a sudden, the entire aquarium industry is jumping on controllable DC pumps in a…

Aqua Link pump speed controller to be revealed at MACNA

The Aqua Link Controller is an interesting device coming at us straight from China to actually do something quite useful. Like the IceCap Gyre Interface Module the Aqua Link Controller allows you to get your controllable DC pumps ‘online’, but…

Simplicity Aquatics launches with a skimmer & filter media giveaway

A new aquarium company called Simplicity Aquatics is launching itself by giving away the few products that we know it to ‘make’. The Simplicity 120DC skimmer is another small-footprint skimmer with a controllable DC pump inside . There are no details…

RLSS R5i is the smallest controllable DC pump protein skimmer yet

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard any news from Reef Life Support Systems so the new RLSS R5i protein skimmer is right on queue. Controllable DC pumps have all but taken over needle wheel duties for many high protein skimmer…

What does the future hold for EcoSmart Live?

The announcement that EcoTech Marine is releasing an EcoSmart Live compatible return pump in the form of the Vectra L1 & M1 caused quite a stir in the aquarium community. It wasn’t just the device itself that drew a lot…