This 1200 gallon reef is in the mile high club

This awe-inspiring reef aquarium belonging to Stephen Hurlock sets a very high bar in many ways, not the least of which is residing at over 9000 feet. Such a mammoth aquarium like this is really a community project with many…

New Reef Keeper Elite Firmware 1.07 coming, 2.0 due later this year

Digital Aquatics was kind enough to respond to an earlier report about Reef Keeper elite owners not being happy. Of the issues reported, most if not all of them will be fixed in the coming 1.07 update. That update will…

CASCO releases Aqua FX LED light in the UK

We wish that CASCO would be a little more revealing about their new Aqua FX LED light which they introduced at Interzoo a few months ago. The first of the LED light tubes produced by CASCO will be the Aqua…

Just in time for Winter: Tropic Marin reef snow

It wont actually make your tank any colder, but it might make your inhabitants happier. Reef snow, a new product from Tropic marine is a concentrated powder that when mixed with RO/DI forms a nice thick snow layer that can…

New Advanced Aquarist issue online, tribute to late Peter Wilkens

A new issue of Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine is available as of today with tribute to the late great Peter Wilkens, the godfather of basic reef aquarium keeping as we all know it. Whether you keep a Berlin Reef, Ecosystem…

Zeovit method increasing in popularity, examined

Seriously it is. If you haven’t heard of ZEOvit then where have you been? ZEOvit is a American German method of nutrient control. Using zeolites which are a group of natural occurring minerals on earth, hooked with a reactor, the…

GHL Profilux sez their units are “Bug Free”, takes aim at the Reef Keeper Elite

The problems and bugs that affect the current Reef Keeper Elite system are no secret to anyone. Released with much fanfare, the system was said to be able to control just about anything on your saltwater aquarium. To the Reef…

Aquactinics brings shimmer effect to Constellation T5 fixture

Although we thought every conceivable variation of a T5 fixture had already been made, along comes Aquactinics to show us something new. On display at MACNA was a prototype of a slightly modified Constellation light fixture which substituted a small…

Hands-on with Current’s refreshed T5 reflectors

Gone are the days when Current just bent metal to make reflectors. Current, like we mentioned many moons ago rehashed their reflectors, doing this increases the efficiency of each T5 while making your corals happier by bathing in more available…

Another needle-wheel skimmer hits the streets, Warner Marine joins the fray

Well it seems that Warner Marine is no longer content simply to provide pharmaceutical grade additives for your reef tank as they dived head first into the equipment business with dozens of new protein skimmers. Although the many different models…