Jake Adams visits House of Fins Summer Sale, giving “Reef Builders Live” presentation

Our own Jake Adams is visiting House of Fins this weekend for their Summer Sale and speaker event in Greenwich, Conn. The super cool LFS is opening their doors to the public throwing down some great deals including 25% off…

Blackreef brings iPhone look, feel to aquarium control

Blackreef is a new aquarium controller system borrowing heavily from the ease of use that iPhones and other touchscreen smartphones have brought to the market. We got wind of the Blackreef from Aquarama and from what we’ve been able to…

Skimz Leopard to feature ‘Inverted Cone’ protein skimmer design

The Skimz Leopard protein skimmer is a new line of fractionators coming soon from the makers of the Skimz Monzter cone skimmers. The Skimz Leopard skimmer is said to feature an “Integrated Inverted Cone” design which we hope will be…

Teco announced E-Chill aquarium fans for Summer 2011 release

Teco has finally released availability on their E-Chill aquarium fans that we spied at Interzoo last year. These fancy E-chill units are outfitted with water temperature and water level sensors, a removable thermostat which can integrate with Teco chillers. Like…

Sfiligoi Astra update and pictures

We first saw the Sfiligoi Astra LED aquarium light at Interzoo last spring and while poking around we found a few updated images of this small-form, nano LED fixture from Aquatics Elite, the North American distributor of Sfiligoi products. The…

Sfiligoi Genesis T5/LED fixtures finally land on North American shores

Sfiligoi USA announced they received their first units of the Genesis T5 and LED fixtures that we have been following since Interzoo. The Sfiligoi Genesis T5/LED hybrid fixture will be available in 24 in., 48 in. and 60 in. lengths,…

Red Sea: Max 500 unit won’t hit retail until fall 2011

We have confirmed that Red Sea’s Max 500 unit that we first spied at Interzoo won’t be coming until Fall 11. In fact, it might even be delayed up until early 2012 for some countries. Apparently, Red Sea Israel is…

Eheim’s Aquastyle nano aquariums finally land in the US

Eheim’s Aquastyle nano aquariums are going to hit the US market finally. Eheim has upgraded these nano aquariums with modern design including rimless tanks with LED lighting. The Aquastyle will be available in 3 sizes including a 4 gallon, 6…

Metacube is a modular way to separate or introduce fish

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdH8zvD_TBk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Metacube is an interesting way to acclimate or separate fish within your system. Using a modular docking technique that reminds us of the International Space Station or a Habitrail, the Metacube allows you to connect these together…

Vertex Illumilux LED gets unboxed

  The Vertex Illumilux LED lightstrip we first spied at InterZoo is in our hand and we couldn’t help but pop it out of the box and take a closer look at the light to see how it has progressed…