Flexible fishnet by Aquatic Nature is a revolution in fish-capture technology

The Flexible Fishnet that was flashed at us at the Aquatic Nature InterZoo booth reversed our years of fishnet-hatin’ in just a few mere seconds. Can you imagine how we reacted when the Aquatic Nature rep said he wanted to…

Pre-sifted carbon and GFO from Reef Scientific are clean, easier to use media

The Reef Scientific pre-sifted activated carbon and granular ferric oxide (GFO) medias from Midland Reefs are evidence that sometimes the simplest ideas can also be some of the best. Most of us are familiar with that extra step between us…

AquaLight Reflex uses fiber optic principle to deliver subsurface photons

the AquaLight Reflex is a counterintuitive name since the whole purpose of the design is to reduce the amount of light being reflected from the surface. According to their handout, AquaLight reckons that as much as 25-40% of light is…

Stream 5000, Aquabee’s stackable, modular and directional propeller pump

The Stream 5000 by AquaBee is a late but original arrival to the reef aquarium water flow party. It has previously crossed our mind on multiple occasions that it seemed odd for such an established powerhead/water pump maker like AquaBee…

Blau Lumina LED Plus T5 hybrid aquarium light

The Lumina LED Plus T5 hybrid aquarium light from Blau Aquaristic is the first LED product to join Blau’s diverse line of Lumina aquarium lights. The Lumina LED that Blau demoed at InterZoo looked like a prototype but it’s clearly…

Sander Lumina LED spot light is a 250 watt heavy duty workhorse

The 250 watt Sander Lumina heavy duty spotlight is an interesting brute-force design approach at producing a powerful light for aquaculture and public aquariums. Don’t misread us here, the Sander Lumina is not a 250 watt replacement but a high…

Tropical Aquarium Purifier from Philips is a mass-market ozone generator

The Tropical Aquarium Purifier is an ozone generator from Philips, like the Philips that makes lamps, TVs, cameras and a whole host of consumer electronics. While walking the floor of InterZoo we actually strolled by the Philips booth several times…

Dymax Vortex W-5 cooling fan

The W-5 Vortex cooling fan from Dymax is an attractive hang-on device for use in cooling smaller heat-laden aquariums. The Hang-on vortex form factor is a product with which we were not familiar before a couple weeks ago but several…

NitrateMinus Pearls from Tetra are a mainstream Biopellet

NitrateMinus Pearls from Tetra are the first Biopellet product offering from a multinational aquarium product manufacturer. We spotted these Nitrate Minus Pearls at the giant Tetra booth at InterZoo and it was a surprise to see these high tech reefing…

E-spot and E-stripe are Elos’s accessory LEDs for E-lites and Aquatop

The E-spot and E-stripe LEDs from Elos are the Italian company’s way of thinking outside the box of the E-lite while still offering some options for reefers to get more from Elos lights. While we were at InterZoo we briefly…