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Marine Aquarium Acronyms: RO/DI Defined

As most marine aquarists will tell you—and as we point out frequently here at Saltwater Smarts—using purified source water for initial aquarium fill-ups, partial water changes, and freshwater top-offs is essential to…

Vertex sumps are almost too pretty to hide in a stand.

Vertex Aquaristik had some really good looking sumps on display here at MACNA. Following the red and white color scheme as the rest of their products, these PVC welded sumps bring a level of beauty to the filtration core of…

Vertex V6 Circulation/Flow Pump

Vertex Aquaristik showed us their new V6 Circulation/Flow Pump. Vertex mated the reliable and quiet Askoll motor block with a nicely finished impeller housing and base. The base includes vibration dampening rubber feet, and the impeller housing is threaded to a…

Vertex’s Cerebra Controller in the flesh

Vertex Aquaristik had their power house Cerebra Controller on display at MACNA 2013, and they were kind enough to spend time with Reef Builders for a run down of the unit’s immense capabilities. The Cerebra is an Android based controller…

Hands on with the EcoTech ReefLink

EcoTech’s ReefLink wireless controller for the Radion is definitely drawing a lot of attention here at MACNA. We had EcoTech do a walk-through with us, and spent some time playing with it ourselves. One of the things that really stood…

The Alternative Reef purple ceramic products in the flesh

The Alternative Reef displayed purple, black, and even a purple/black mix of their popular ceramic products at MACNA 2013. This includes frag discs, plugs, magnetic shelf rocks and frag stations. But they also had some really nice larger ceramic aquascaping…

Neptune AFS Automatic Feeding System is the hobby’s first controllable fish feeder

Neptune System is on a hot streak with yet another new product release, the AFS Automatic Feeding System which is, as far as we know, the first controllable aquarium fish feeder for home tanks. Coming in at a very affordable…

Neptune AWM module puts AI Hydra, Vega and Fifty Two on a wireless line

As we guessed, Neptune Systems has released a module called the AWM (AI Wireless Module) which speaks the wireless language of AquaIllumination LED lights. Like the WXM, the AWM is a simple black box with the specific wireless protocol of…

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Apex Fusion introduces a new level of controlling and integration

Apex Fusion is the next evolution in web based, cloud control and monitoring of our aquariums. The new Apex Fusion incorporates many aspects of the Apex Dashboard but really takes all those concepts to the next level.In addition to the…

Fauna Marin’s Reef Vitality Marine Organics

Fauna Marin’s Reef Vitality Marine Organics is one of the more interesting additives on display at MACNA. With so much attention placed on nitrifying/denitrifying bacteria and carbon dosing, Reef Vitality Marine Organics takes things in a different direction with a focus…