Gear

Sicce Syncra 4 & 5 water pumps have new and improved silencing features

The Sicce Syncra water pumps are some of the quietest and most efficient on the market, yet that hasn’t stopped their maker from perfecting the design. Feeling like they had some room to improve the larger Syncra 4 and Syncra…

Hands on with the beautifully designed and constructed Digital Aquatics Lifeguard

The Digital Aquatics Lifeguard aquarium monitoring device is an attractive piece of kit which has the potential to be as useful as it is beautiful. Encased in a gun-metal black anodized aluminum housing, the Lifeguard looks ready for heavy duty…

New Era Phosphate Remover signals that the food manufacturer is branching out

It looks New Era is branching outside of the food realm with the New Era Phosphate Remover that was spied at Aquariya 2012, a trade show in Dubai. We have been impressed with the company’s food lines and are wondering…

Kent Marine Reef Carbon issued stop sale—has high levels of heavy metals

Kent Marine, a saltwater aquatics brand based in the United States is asking that retailers return Kent Reef Carbon manufactured between December 5th of 2011 and February 8th of 2012. The Kent Reef Carbon is suspected of “contain[ing] unusually high…

Red Sea refreshes and updates popular Reef Starter Kit with current products

Red Sea, the Israeli based aquarium manufacturer and goods supplier has refreshed their popular Reef Starter Kit. The Reef starter kit has actually been around a while, with the older version hiding in the back of shelves at local fish…

MRC Mini Kreisels for pelagic culture of marine life

They’re what every marine breeder really wanted, but didn’t get, for the holidays.  MRC’s made-to-order mini kreisels feature all the sex appeal of [insert name of your favorite exotic sports car here].  This is not, we repeat, is not your…

New Professional Sea Salt from Fauna Marin

Fauna Marin, the boutique supplement company out of Germany is getting into the salt business for the US market. Fauna Marin’s Professional sea salt is expected to arrive state-side very soon according to sources from Fauna Marin. The salt which…

Reef Tank Pro is a new aquarium logging and management for iPhone and iPad

There’s plenty of online tank loggers but Reef Tank Pro is one of the first polished apps we’ve seen for the iPhone and iPad which is especially well suited to monitoring reef aquarium parameters. If you have just one tank…

Red Sea rolls out Reef Care Program trial packs

For those of you on the fence about the new Red Sea Reef Care Program the new Red Sea Reef Care Program trial packs might be something you would be interested in. Instead of having to dish out for the…

New Fluval Sea Marine supplements and additives

Fluval’s new push into saltwater aquatics, is not stopping with just Sea marine salt. They have unveiled a new line of additives for saltwater aquariums.  Fluval’s Sea additives cover the gamut with trace elements including Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Strontium,…