Reviews

First Impressions: CoralVue Hydros

Innovation is key for any industry to survive. As a product developer in the real world I can truly appreciate what it takes to bring a product to market. But as a 23 year hobbyist I have probably seen and…

Maxspect Recurve LED Review: Ambitious and Versatility LED in Sleek Design

Maxspect has been known in global aquarium industry for its innovation and their creations are always accompanied with modern and daring design. Recurve LED, which was launched in late 2017, is no exception. This handsome LED fixture is packed with…

Illumagic Vitamini Striplight Review: More Color & Power for Less Money

The Vitamini LED Super Actinic Striplight by Illumagic is the first supplemental light of its kind that we’ve had the pleasure of writing about in far too long. This skinny new little light bar is packed with power, color, and…

Red Sea ReefLED Review; the Best First-Generation LED Light to Date

The RedSea ReefLED is exactly the kind of practical reef aquarium light we expect from Red Sea, and hands down one of the best first generation lighting products we’ve ever reviewed. Since this is such an important release and their…

Cove I-250 Protein Skimmer Review: the Antidote to Average Skimmers

Cove protein skimmers are a unique breed of acrylic aquarium products from China which stand apart from other equipment manufacturers in a number of ways. The brand has been making inroads to international markets around the world and it’s only…

ProShot Case Underwater Housing Review
ProShot Case We recently got our hands on the new ProShot Case and decided to test it out at Aqua Medic USA, a local coral wholesaler. ProShot Case is a durable waterproof housing for the iPhone 6/6s and new iPhone 7…
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 2: One of The Best Skimmers Ever

The Tunze DOC DC 9410 Skimmer is one of the veteran company’s first ever controllable protein skimmer models. We’ve been using this model on a 60 gallon reef tank for half a year and we couldn’t be happier with the…

Calan-Eeze Review: a Nano-Krill for all Aquarium Fish and Corals

Calan-Eeze is a new freeze dried offering from Two Little Fishies which is an ideal size for many species of fish, corals and invertebrates. Frozen Calanus copepods have become increasingly available to aquarists, especially in frozen form, but Calan-Eeze is the…

Finding Dory Review: An Aquarist’s Point of View

The long awaited sequel to Disney’s Finding Nemo movie, Finding Dory, finally hit theaters this past weekend and I was thrilled to attend the film on opening weekend. Finding Dory’s producers marketed the heck out of this movie for at least a…

Video: Hands on with the NEW Apex aquarium controller

The new Apex aquarium controller was announced by Neptune Systems a little over two weeks ago. This new Apex controller is a condensed and streamlined version Neptune Systems’ flagship aquarium controller, with a few extra special features and many refinements across the…