Gear

The top new reef aquarium sumps of the last two years

There’s been a ton of new interest in better and improved sumps for reef aquariums over the last couple of years. There’s been so many new sumps and designs introduced lately, we decided to put together this nice synopsis of how…

ME Corals has a nifty hack for dosing containers

For anyone that’s used dosing pumps, it can mean either pouring your liquids into containers or popping a hole in the cap and sticking in a tube. While these work, this great gadget from ME Corals makes it easier to…

Reef Water Seadreams takes high end sumps to a whole new level

High end, overbuilt reef sumps are all the rage and this trend has not been lost on Spanish aquarium outfit, Reef Water. Reef Water’s Seadreams remote filtration sumps are no mere sumps, but complete reef aquarium management centers which are…

We can’t get enough of Synergy Reef’s fluorescent acrylic sumps

Let’s face it, we reefers love shiny pretty things, that’s we gravitate towards beautiful fluorescent corals with colors so vivid they are “supernatural”. In recent years there’s been an even bigger push to make the reef gear and marine aquarium…

Seachem aquavitro purfiltrum teased on social media

Seachem is teasing us with an all new product from the aquavitro line, purfiltrum, on social media. According to the post on Facebook, purfiltrum is the “highest capacity organic filtration resin on the market.” purfiltrum controls ammonia, nitrites and nitrates…

From the Archives: $1 Mame Nano Skimmer clone is a ghetto-fabulous DIY deal

If you missed out on Black Friday deals yesterday or feel that there wasn’t really much for you, here’s a nice deal on a DIY nano protein skimmer you can build at home. This clone of the svelte and diminutive…

Eshopps Cube sump is more turbo than nano

The Eshopps Cube Nano Refugium was announced at the beginning of this year but this weekend at Reefapalooza New York was our first opportunity to see one in action. The product shots looked really great, as they usually tend to…

Neptune WaV pump starting to show a concentration of innovation

The WaV pump from Neptune Systems was first unveiled at MACNA in Denver and the new device has undergone a whole lot of refinement in the intervening months. The first units to be displayed were made of a very delicate…

Aquarium Pump Extender by Reef Breeders is a back-up battery for Jebao pumps

The Jebao WM series propeller water pumps have blown up in popularity in the last year or two, a trend driven primarily by extremely low cost. Being that this pump by Jebao is powered by a DC motor, it is…

What a Difference a (Good) Protein Skimmer Makes!

Here at Saltwater Smarts, we’re not, generally speaking, in the business of writing product reviews. But when we have positive personal experiences with products that we think can make your life easier—and are available at a reasonable cost—we want to…