Answers to the top 10 questions about the MindStream aquarium monitor

We are writing on location in beautiful Vermont and yesterday we spent a whole day in the offices of Step Ahead Innovations trying to wrap our head around their exciting new MindStream Aquarium Monitoring System. It really took a whole…

MindStream Aquarium Monitor goes live on Kickstarter

The MindStream Kickstarter campaign kicks off today with the new, potentially revolutionary new water monitoring device going to the first round of backers for the totally reasonable sum of $499. Currently, aquarium water quality management and testing can be one…

Mindstream Aquarium Monitor is alive and coming soon

The Mindstream Aquarium Monitoring System is a groundbreaking new device that was first announced in late 2013, but then went completely radio silent for all of last year. The Mindstream Monitor turned a lot of heads by promising to be…

Mindstream teases its super fidelity in measuring dissolved Oxygen

The Mindstream aquarium monitor is one of the biggest new aquarium products to be announced this year. It may not have touched down in the fish tanks of the public but until it is formally launched and released, Mindstream will…

Mindstream aquarium water monitor is aiming to make a huge splash

The Mindstream is a new type of aquarium monitoring device which is aiming to bring about big changes in aquarium water testing and monitoring. With no explanation as to how it works, fundamentally, the Mindstream is designed to continuously monitor…

GHL Ion Director Monitors Calcium, Magnesium & Nitrate with NO Reagents!

The Ion Director by GHL is a very promising new device that brings the aquarium world one step closer to robotic reefing. GHL released the KH Director at a time when many different manufacturers were converging on creating their own…

Five New Products Shaping The Future Of Reef Tanks Part 1: KH Monitors

Technology is a beast that marches ever forward, and sometimes it seems like it progresses in fits and starts. Nowhere is that pattern more clear than right now in the reef aquarium hobby where a handful of new products are…

The MACNA 2017 Video Tour Part 3

It’s been a busy week since MACNA wrapped up but we’ve managed to deliver a daily video on the best things we saw in New Orleans this year. This third installment of the MACNA video tour includes some savory aquarium…

After Going To MACNA 10 Years In A Row, This Is Why I Still Love This Show

I’ve been to the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America every year since 2007 and several times before that. Having been to so many MACNAs before, and being part of the team that organized the Mile High MACNA in Denver for…

Looking Forward To The Future Of The Aquarium Hobby

Things I’m Looking Forward To While going through some old books and magazines I came across a poster for MACNA from over twenty years ago, it made me laugh as the topic of my talk was “The Future of the…