ReMag boosts the magnesium output of calcium reactors

ReMag is a new magnesium reaction media for boosting this important element from calcium reactors. Normal calcium reactor medias are basically aragonite, and primarily output calcium and carbonate and only minor traces of other elements as they are dissolved. Two…

Understanding Old Tank Syndrome

Old Tank Syndrome, or OTS, is something we have been hearing about since the hobby started, and I am not quite sure exactly what it means. Is it due to parameters, loss of diversity, lack of interest, diseases, metal accumulation,…

Calan-Eeze new freeze dried copepods from Two Little Fishies

Calan-Eeze is a new freeze dried food from two little fishies which promises to be your fishes’ new favorite food. The freeze dried arctic copepods inside Calan-Eeze are sized between two and three millimeters and is an ideal food for…

Grassy LeDio RX072 breathes new life into LED spotlights

Grassy LeDio from Volx Japan is the first brand of LED spotlight to cater to discerning marine aquarists. With the release of the Grassy LeDio RX072 Volx Japan breather new life into the LED spotlight form factor, and rekindles our…

AI Prime Flex Arm for mounting the Prime LED

The Prime Flex Arm is a just-announced new method for simply and safely securing your AI Prime LED over your aquarium. The Prime Flex Arm is a high quality gooseneck mount which gives the Prime an incredible degree of freedom…

Aqua Medic wireless EcoDrift pumps, first impressions

The wireless EcoDrift models of propeller pumps follow on the wildly successful EcoDrift pumps from Aqua Medic. The EcoDrift line now includes wireless control in all of the EcoDrift models, as well as an EcoDrift Wireless Master controller which can…

The Top 5 Tips for Beginner Reefkeepers

I started the hobby before the internet became widely used, and information was sourced mainly through local fish stores. I was lucky enough to have some decent ones, but it was limited, no doubt. Today, beginning hobbyists have to deal…

Aqueon OptiBright Plus LED striplight is a sign of things to come

The Aqueon OptiBright Plus is this year’s follow up to one of the company’s best LED striplights to date, the OptiBright LED. With its plus-level upgrade the OptiBright trades in its touch sensitive channel controls for a very convenient remote…

New To Diving: Tips For Perfect Buoyancy

Positively Buoyant  When you are floating in the water and you don’t need to kick and swim to keep your head above the surface of the water. You can become positively buoyant at the surface by fully inflating your BCD…

What is new and improved in the aquarium hobby?

For as long as I have been watching television or reading magazines and newspapers, the phrase “New and Improved” has been employed for just about every product on the market at one time or another. Whether it touted how it…