We’ve been testing the chemistry of our aquarium water, one or two tanks at a time, for as long as we’ve been building reef tanks. However now with the new Reef Builders Studio we have many more ‘chemical systems’ of…
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WATCH: Everything You Wanna Know About Fragging Shrooms
We love the content our friends at Gallery Aquatica are putting out on their YouTube channel! Gallery Aquatica is a local fish store in Brisbane Australia, although im sure after watching a couple of their videos we all wish this…
Reef Casts Breaks the Mold with Creative Corals Bases, Tiles and Plugs
We’ve been gluing corals to frag plugs, tiles and discs since the early 2000s and it’s well past time for us to think outside the box of what constitutes a suitable base for corals. The last few years we’ve seen…
Genious! Origami ‘Trap’ used to Catch Delicate Deep Sea Creatures
For researchers, snaring delicate sea creatures such as invertebrates without causing any damage is a big hurdle to overcome to better study them in a more hospitable environment. Some thoughtful people turned to Japanese origami for inspiration to develop this…
Unkai Lite Skimmer by PRS Japan
The Unkai Skimmer from PRS Japan is one of the most complex and sophisticated protein skimmers ever designed. It’s got an open volute design for its internally mounted, controllable DC pump, a custom 3D printed gridwheel impeller, adjustable height, adjustable…
Add Variable Flow To Your Tank With The RFG Nozzle
The Random Flow Generator nozzle is an interesting accessory from Vivid Creative Aquatics. Much like the eductors and ‘flow accelerator’ that were introduced to the reef scene more than ten years ago, the RFG Nozzle modifies incoming water flow from…
Hydor VariaFlow Is The Company’s First Controllable Return Pump
The VariaFlow is a brand new controllable return pump which Hydor showed off for the first time in New Orleans this weekend. The demo model of the VariaFlow was a prototype with 3D printed parts all around, but it shows…
The Unkai Skimmer By PRS Japan Has An Intense New Design
The Unkai protein skimmer is a radical new product from the creative minds at Perfect Reef Systems Japan. Better known as PRS, this think-tank makes very original aquarium products like the Corrente digital flow meter, their Auto Zeolite reactor, but…
ReefStock Pulled Out All The Stops For Its 10th Year
After having been to and spoken at virtually every reef show that has occurred in North America over the past 30 years I may be a bit jaded in terms of what I expect at a…