In  three decades (gulp) in the marine hobby, I’ve kept everything from Acropora to Xenia, and a lot of stuff in between. Seems as though I alway find something new to try; another challenge to accept, a different system to…
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Advanced Lighting Solutions’ actinic LED halide pendant coming soon
The quality light product manufacturer Advanced Lighting Solutions will soon be delivering one of it’s flagship products, the halide/Actinic LED combo pendant. A metal halide pendant with built in supplemental actinic LED is one of our dream aquarium lighting products…
More deets about Deltec’s new skimmers 2060, 3070
The original spy photos we caught of one of Deltec’s new skimmers appears to be the single chamber TC2560. However, another model referenced are TC2060, and SC2060 which seem to be the little brother to the TC & SC 2560…
Vertex Alpha 250 Kone caught in the act of skimming protein
The Bubble King Cone aka the Vertex Alpha 250 Kone is an absolute powerhouse in terms of efficiency and power. The muffler is almost magical in how much sound it muffles whether it is drawing  1500 or 1800 lph air.…
Reef Octopus Bubble Blaster: French video of a Chinese skimmer
We’re not sure what’s cooler: The fact that a Chinese protein skimmer gets demoed and videoed in France or that said protein skimmer pump has a clear volute allowing us to bear witness to every operational detail. In either case…
Virtual Reality tour of New Caledonia coral reefs
For those of us who can’t afford to a take a vacation to the other side of the world right now, the Quicktime Virtual Reality Tour (QVTR) of a coral reef might be the next best thing. The panoramic image…
Euro Reef is alive again, relaunches website
Finally we are getting communication again from Euro Reef. Depending on who you talked to you might have heard any one of several rumors floating around the industry. Back in late 2007 and early 2008 Euro Reef decided to only…
Reefstock 2009, at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver Colorado.
If you live in Colorado or a neighbouring state, clear your calendar for Reefstock March 14th 2009 at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. Following on the enormous success of last year’s Reefstock, this year the event will be raising the…
HLLE: New observations and suggestions for treatment
New information gathered from the public aquarium community aims to shed new light on the age old problem Head and Lateral Line Erosion, HLLE. Hole-in-the-head, as it it is also known, occurs most frequently in deep bodied marine and freshwater…
Minerals and trace elements from Sera line up to be in your tank
Sera has released a new line of minerals and trace elements for saltwater aquariums. The line which has 7 components ranging from Iodine, Calcium and PH buffer to name a few. We haven’t seen this pop up at any local…
