Seems like just a few months ago, I was comfortably rat-holed in my souless, financial-sector job, using every spare second to play with, or plot about my aquariums, writing my weekly rants on all things saltwater, or traveling to speaking gigs and…
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AquaticLife press-fit tubing parts kit for serious RO/DI wizardry
Anyone who’s set up or added onto an existing reverse osmosis, deionization (RO/DI) unit has probably felt the pain of having to run out to the hardware store and grabbing a few 1/4 in. press-fit fittings to add more hose,…
MBI’s Marine Breeding Workshop, Year Two in Review
Last weekend in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, well over 50 marine fish and invertebrate breeders from the US and Canada came together for the 2nd Annual MBI Breeder’s Workshop. This one-day conference was held at the Cranbrook Institute of Science situated…
Vitrea making major push to US market
Vitrea is planning on a stronger push to the United States Market. We have learned they will be setting up distributorship and yanking the “Vitrea USA” that was previously established. In the meantime, they are looking for new dealers to…
Insane Trachyphyllia from Route 66 Marine outshines even some top shelf Scolymia
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi is imported in such vast numbers from the Indo Pacific, and considerable numbers from Australia, that it’s easy to forget how beautiful ‘Trachies’ can be. Case in point is this mind blowing, jaw-dropping insane Australian Trachyphyllia imported by…
AquaticLife 8 bulb T5 fixture is built with metal, designed with value in mind
Although AquaticLife has somewhat of a penchant for the modular LED and T5 lights, they have departed from that trend with a new HO T5 fixture which is is all in with an 8 bulb set up. The new 8-bulb,…
Proaquatix gets new-look website, growing staff
In the past couple weeks Proaquatix, the commercial ornamental marine fish hatchery based in Vero Beach, Florida, has made some changes. These changes certainly suggest that the Proaqautix is doing well and on track to expand further into the marine aquarium market.
New comprehensive flow study produces surprising data about propeller pump flow rates
A new article by Michael Sandford, William Straka and Sanjay Joshi has just produced some of the first real trustworthy independent measurements of the flowrates of propeller water pumps. The comprehensive flow study was published in Advanced Aquarist featuring the…
LuXcore electronic selectable ballasts coming soon from Coralvue
Coralvue just announced its new LuXcore digital electronic metal halide ballasts featuring variable wattage selection to give you more flexibility in your lighting. Similar to the Galaxy ballast, the new Coralvue LuXcore ballasts allow you to switch between wattage…
Blue Moon Aquatics’ P100 is an impressive watercooled 100 watt LED light with an adjustable lens
The Blue Moon Aquatics P100 LED spotlight is one of the most impressive multichip LEDs we’ve yet seen. The BMA P100 is equipped with substantial thermal management in the form of a twin tower watercooled heatsink, a high capacity fan…
