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ToM, the last Company we’d expect to be first to market with a flowmeter kit

While Ryan is always busy digging up the liberal media, elitist obscure aquarium products from behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe (do you really need a tool to remove starfishfrom a…

ATI Sunpower T5 lighting system shipping in late January 2009

ATI’s new sunpower T5 lighting system is getting closer to shipping to waiting fans buyers here in the United States. The system has many features among them are an active cooling system, the air blows in from the sides of…

Ocean@Home gives the full run-down on Aquahub’s premium Auto Top Off kit

The automatic top off (ATO) of our aquariums has been receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years. One of the nicest kits released recently is Aquahub’s Top-it-Off Kit Premium. The gear includes all the wiring, floats, switches and…

Aqua Driver’s star catcher, for starfish naturally

Having a hard time catching that starfish your tank? He is a sneaky guy isn’t he? Aquadriver has a tool that you’ll no doubt want to pay close attention to. The star catcher is for starfish, snails and other creatures…

ATB working on hang on back skimmer

ATB seems to be a busy bee lately, with their release of their econo line they are also hard at work on another line. The line which is a hang on back skimmer design is still being tested to achieve…

Winter 2009 edition of Reefs Magazine now online, the Fish Issue

Another great issue of Manhatan Reef’s Reefs Magazine is now online. This year’s winter edition of the community produced magazine is mostly dedicated to fish related topics such as what to do when fish go bad, tips on successful morrish…

Coral growth of the Great Barrier Reef slows to 400 year low

A recently published research paper in the Journal Science demonstrated that the growth rate of massive Porites corals has declined by 13% which is the lowest rate in at least 400 years. Massive Porites grow at a steady rate and…

ATB Econo 1050 cone skimmer

As it turns out there is another model in ATB’s new econo skimmer line. The model 1050 appears to be powered by two pumps, we are assuming they are the same pumps (sicce) used in the single pump configuration of…

AquaPhoton photon plus metal halide + T5 lighting units

We’ve been following these lamps now for a while and finally we are starting to see them ship outside of their home country: Germany. Not as well known as Giesemann lamps,the AquaPhoton plus metal halide lamps come in three flavors…

Ultimate Coral Fragging Kit by Dissekt-Rite

Oh sure you could be one of those people that use a standard hammer and chisel when fragging your corals. Then again you could be one of the people that have the Ultimate coral fragging kit. The kit includes the…