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Jebao Marine Aqua DC Pump; another day, another rebadged Waveline

We don’t know what it is about that Waveline line of water pumps that makes it sooooo attractive to being rebranded by everyone in the aquarium industry and their extended family. We know…

Custom Nano Box LED fixtures are a much needed splash of style

There are a few light manufacturers that offer custom colors on their light fixtures, but none are doing such a varied and good job as Nano Box Reef. Nano Box has been busy truly making custom colors a staple of…

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A trip down memory lane of Ecotech Marine VorTech pump controllers

As Ecotech Marine celebrates ten years of business in the reef aquarium scene, I am reminded of how I came to know the once scrappy three young founders Tim, Pat, Justin and first employee Mark. The company cut its teeth…

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Flickr redesign includes a terabyte of storage for all your reefing images

For the photography enthusiasts in the hobby, there was some significant news with Yahoo! announcing upgrades to its photo storage and sharing site Flickr that included 1 terabyte of storage. Flickr may not have been the first but they were one of the…

Frameless 20H aquarium carries on the march of the rimless fish tanks

Frameless fish tanks are increasing in popularity as evidenced by the venerable Twenty Gallon ‘High’ 20H getting the rimless/frameless treatment. In PetSmart to boot! Back in our day, when we wanted to get an aquarium it was standard-issue to have…

Nanoreef ES takes a modular approach to sumps

Nanoreef ES of Spain is bringing a modular approach to the sump starting next month. The novel idea allows you to add more features and functions to your filtration and maintenance by just adding different modules that gives you a…

Fix all your fish tank and reef aquarium problems with 95% water changes*

Having worked the retail marine LFS beat for many moons, we’ve seen countless people come in to the shop, day in day out, trying to get their water parameters right or worse, trying to figure out what the problem is.…

Fluval FX6 canister filter for the extremely dirty fish tanks

The Fluval FX6 is yet another new Canister Filter for fish tanks and aquariums that need some serious filtration. Building on the previous big mombasa of canisters the Fluval FX5, the sixth iteration does away with grey and orange for…

Diablo 5500s DC pump ready to take over controllable needle wheel duties

You’ve seen CoralVue’s new line of Diablo DC-pump powered protein skimmers and the Diablo 5500s is that pump. Priced at $269, the Diablo 5500s is a controllable DC water pump which, besides its red trim, is virtually indistinguishable from the…

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Giesemann Matrixx II T5 fixture is brimming with style and sophistication

Giesemann has revealed the Matrixx II, the next generation purely T5 light from the famous German lighting designer. Taking a heap of inspiration from the incredibly suave Giesemann Teszla LED, the Matrixx II T5 light inherits the same enclosure, cooling…