The Beta Mini Cube is a novel, modern looking small aquarium which is packing some serious features for a beta setup. Low power LED light, curved acrylic front pane and a built-in filter in the rear makes this small aquarium…
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Aquatic Self-Discovery: The art of Learning Something New
As I often do, I was chatting “fish” with Jake the other day, and the conversation inevitably turned towards our upcoming aquarium projects. If you read my blog regularly, it’s no secret that I have rekindled my love affair with…
Elos Midi is a larger nano aquarium to hit at Interzoo
Elos Midi, is a new larger nano aquarium from Elos. The original nano aquarium from Elos is 18 gallons. And we expect this to be over that, and pushing 25-30 gallons. The Elos Midi makes a great stop gap between…
BiOrb 105 takes fish bowls to a grand scale
The BiOrb 105 is a new all-in-one spherical aquarium from Reef One. Although bowl shaped aquaria are hardly ever considered for reef tanks, the inspirational work of Dave Lackland and his 115 gallon reef bowl demonstrates the enormous creative potential…
Hanna Phosphate Checker Review: notable compromises still worth the resolution and portability
The Hanna phosphate checker is a green, egg-shaped hand-held colorimeter for portable testing of phosphate concentration with digital precision. If you’re like us, you’ve probably been wondering how Hanna could make such a small and affordable little colorimeter that could…
True personifer angelfish come to the US from West Australia
In the late 90s, the personifer angelfish from Australia was split up into two species: the Classic ‘personifer’ angelfish from East Australia was named Chaetodontoplus meridithi and the angelfish from West Australia was given the nominal species name of C.…
Io LED light from Pacific Sun is 75 watts of controlled photons
The Io BTEX LED is a smaller iteration of the Phobos and Deimos do-it-all LED aquarium light from Pacific Sun. Like the other LED lights names after celestial bodies, the Io features top of the line Cree XP-G and XP-E…
OceanLight T5 from AquaMedic is a sleek, powerful fixture
The OceanLigt T5 from AquaMedic is a sleek fixture which delivers a lot of power for a reasonable price. The German manufacturer which gave Americans their first taste of a stylish European light design is back with a new T5…
Cree introduces new record-breaking XM LED hitting 160 lumens per watt
Cree just brought another record-setting LED to market with its freshly announced XLamp® XM LED. The single-chip LED module cranked out 160 lumens per watt of power, setting new efficacy (the ratio of luminous flux measured in lumens to power)…
Ornamental marine fish culture getting shot in the fin with research funding
The ornamental marine fish culture, while very valuable to us aquarists, is typically viewed as unimportant to the world. The primary concern of the world is NOT putting fish in people’s aquariums, but instead, putting fish into people’s stomachs. When…
