Live from BAYMAC! Reef Aquarium Show

We’re coming live from BAYMAC bringing reefing goodness to the heart of the Silicon Valley! Plenty of cool exhibitors and coral vendors on hand with great stuff at incredible prices. If you’re looking for something to do today and are…

Aquatic Self-Discovery: The art of Learning Something New

As I often do, I was chatting  “fish” with Jake the other day, and the conversation inevitably turned towards our upcoming aquarium projects. If you read my blog regularly, it’s no secret that I have rekindled my love affair with…

BAYMAC coming to Bay Area tomorrow, make sure to check out this free event

Mark your calendars and make sure to head out to BAYMAC tomorrow if you’re in the Bay Area. Not only is this a great lineup of manufacturers, speakers, coral vendors and clubs — but its absolutely free! This year’s BAYMAC is…

Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann sports nutritious amounts of LED blue

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann may exist for only in these digital renders but they are still enough to quicken the pulse. This morning we first posted about the MATRIXplus T5 light from Giesemann which also…

PowerChrome Aquapink T5 lamp looking to give KZ’s Fiji Purple a run for its money

The Aquapink flavored powerchrome T5 lamp from Giesemann is the latest flavor in the venerable lamp maker’s rainbow of T5 tubes. Lately Giesemann seems to have been sitting on the sideline while competitors like Korallen-Zucht and ATI power it out…

MATRIXplus hybrid fixture from Giesemann combines T5 and LED light

Giesemann looks to have an exciting and brad lineup of new products coming out in 2010 and were were able to get our coral-fragging mitts on information in advance of the public releases later this month at InterZoo 2010. The…

First pictures of the shiny GUI for the Phobos and Deimos LED light controller

The Phobos and Deimos LED reef aquarium lights from Pacific Sun are just starting to exist beyond digital renders and are now in the hands of aquarists in Europe and the U.S. Besides using top shelf hardware with the latest…

Orca Pro II Skimmer from MyReef Creation: a mega review for a jumbo protein skimmer

In the latter part of 2009 My Reef Creation released the new lines of Orca Pro skimmers featuring the needlewheel design and pumps of Reeflow.  The Orca Pro-I unit is designed for systems of up to 500 gallon and retails…

ReefED 2010 for Mile High Reefers in Denver this Saturday

If you needed any more proof that Colorado was a happening place for reefing, hot on the heels of ReefStock is ReefED, the second reef aquarium event to hit the Denver area this year! ReefED is unique among aquarium conferences…

Stop using the top of your tank as shelf, use magnets instead

Most reefers have a ton of tools laying around to manipulate corals, make frags and retrieve lost items from the bottom of the tank. Tweezers, hemostats and clippers have become an important part of  reefkeeping. Annoyingly, they are often kept…