AquaIllumination has had a very big year so far and to celebrate, they’re throwing a little shindig and contest at MACNA in Denver this weekend. As part of their booth AI is setting up a fully loaded Innovative Marine 120 gallon…
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Poll: Are you going to MACNA 2014?
It is that time of year again. Your social media feed is chock full of posts about people talking about heading to the pinnacle reefing event in North America — MACNA. Now in its 26th year, the Marine Aquarium Conference…
myGHL cloud based aquarium monitoring software coming in 2014
GHL, which has been making reef tank monitoring equipment for several years, has announced the general availability of myGHL. myGHL is a cloud based GHL service that connects with other GHL services and allows you to see current states, initiate…
The Pros and Cons of a Bare-Bottomed Marine Tank
If you’re in the process of planning and setting up a new saltwater aquarium, you’ll need to give some thought to the type of substrate you’d like to use. It may seem counterintuitive, but one of your options in this…
Triton Lab will offer a limited number of free ICP tests at MACNA
Ehsan Dashti, MACNA speaker and founder of the Triton Method has put together a very special video inviting MACNA attendees to bring tank water to his booth. It takes a certain kind of fanatic to do what Ehsan has done…
Observations on unusually colored Acropora in the Flores Sea
During the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition we came across a couple of specimens of unusual, bicolored Acropora colonies. It’s always surprising to meet with a single coral harboring two very different color patterns throughout the colony. We don’t exactly know the correct…
New Transformer Sump enables larger skimmers with low stand clearance
One common problem of reef aquarists trying to size up equipment for a new or existing reef tank is getting gear that will not only fit in the sump, but can also be added or removed from where sump resides inside the…
A Recap of the MBI Workshop 2014
Hosted by the Marinelife Aquarium Society of Michigan (MASM) and the Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI), and held July 19, 2014 at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this was the fifth workshop they have offered dealing solely with…
Tunze NanoStream 6020 pump hands-on and first impressions
We just received one of the first runs of the highly anticipated Tunze NanoStream 6020 pumps. After seeing them at Interzoo we were eager to get our hands on one. The 6020 and 6040 are new to the Tunze NanoStream lineup…
Using the unique Barrel Tender ATO device from Avast Marine
The Barrel Tender from Avast marine is such a unique product, it’s hard to compare it to anything else that is available in the aquarium market. Simply put the Barrel Tender is a high precision “float switch” that includes a…
