While at Reef-A-Palooza we were quite pleased with the color mixture of the T5 fluorescent bulbs over the display tank at the Aqua Medic booth and we wanted to get a closer look at the company’s Aqualine T5 bulbs first…
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LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den gets NPS section
Yesterday was a big day for the NPS (non-photosynthetic) crowd with LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den – a store well known for it’s high quality WYSIWYG livestock – finally adding a section dedicated to NPS corals. The Diver’s Den NPS section will…
LEDs used to combat bacteria, possible future for aquariums
Scientists in the UK have developed a method to battle superbugs and bacteria using LED lighting that could help change the way we battle parasites and bacteria in our aquariums. Developed for use in hospitals and laboratories, the technology uses…
Rare cold water reef found off coast of Africa
A rare cold water coral reef was recently found off the coast of Northern Africa off the coast of Mauritania on the Atlantic Ocean side of the continent. Although cold water coral ecosystems have been found as far north as…
Avast Marine Top-Down Portal gives you a great new way to take pics
The new Avast Marine Top-Down Portal photo box is a simple gadget that attaches to the lens of your DSLR camera allowing you to get great top-down photographs of your corals. Unlike traditional top-down photo boxes where manipulating a manual zoom…
New Skimz TurboMagnum ST600S is one commercial-grade skimming beast
Skimz of Singapore is at it again with the new Skimz TurboMagnum ST600S commercial protein skimmer powered by a pair of US-built ReeFlo HammerHead Pumps. Unlike the hobbyist skimmers we’ve seen from Skimz, this recirculating beast was designed for professional…
Illumina LED gets Cree XP-G option in the new 260 modules
If you’ve been on the fence about getting a top of the line Vertex Illumina LED light because of the yesterday’s-news Luxeon Rebel LEDs, the new Illumina 260 modules might push you over the edge. Vertex is sticking to it’s…
Multizonal environmental gradient aquariums are all the rage in China
There’s a new aquarium movement sweeping Chinese aquarium keeping and it is all the rage in combining nature motifs and reproducing environmental gradients. The multi zonal environmental gradient aquariums features the awesomeness of three dump buckets, and a wonderful laminar…
Max S LED Dive Flashlight from MaxSpect has some aquarium uses too
MaxSpect is rolling out a line of LED dive lights which may not be immediately applicable to aquarium purposes, but if nothing else it does show that MaxSpect is serious about making LED lighting products. We are particularly interested in…
Sfiligoi Genesis LED gets displayed in a very big way
The Genesis LED light from Sfiligoi is a dimmable LED fixture. We first reported on the Sfiligoi Genesis LED in May when we spent some time with the prototype fixture at InterZoo in Germany. One of the first Sfiligoi LEDs…
