The new magnetic Test Stirrer from Colombo is the kind of quality-of-life accessory that we need much more of in the aquarium hobby. Some tests like pH and alkalinity are easy enough to perform, but have you ever tried to…
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The Comprehensive Aquarium Heating Solution from Bulk Reef Supply
Bulk Reef Supply’s heaters and thermostats are a spanking new option to give demanding aquarists a comprehensive solution to both heating their aquarium water, and controlling it with precision and certainty. The Bulk Reef Supply Titanium heater and aquarium heater…
Deltec Fleece Filter, Hands On with the VF4000 and VF6000
Deltec’s been making quite a renewed push into the advanced aquarium equipment market this past year and the Fleece Filter is the latest addition to their catalog of innovation. We spied a few details about Deltec’s Automatic filter roll device…
IceCap Kalk Reactor Review, a Modern Take on a Classic Method
The IceCap Kalk Stirrer is the first new version of this device we’ve seen in the aquarium hobby for way too long. Adding a concentrated solution of Calcium Hydroxide (CaOH), also known as Kalkwasser, was one of the first forms…
Making a Simple DIY Dosing Line Holder Redux
The reef aquarium hobby used to be just as much about building what we needed as it was about unlocking the secrets of keeping saltwater fish, and making corals grow. The last decade has seen an explosion of mass-produced skimmers,…
Four Accessories to Streamline Aquarium Water Testing
We’ve been testing the chemistry of our aquarium water, one or two tanks at a time, for as long as we’ve been building reef tanks. However now with the new Reef Builders Studio we have many more ‘chemical systems’ of…
Kamoer X1 Review: A Nearly Flawless Programmable Dosing Pump
The Kamoer X1 is a wirelessly controlled single channel dosing pump and the natural evolution of what these standalone dosers should be. With nary a button, screen or any kind of physical way to interface with the a Kamoer X1…
Tankmatez Came Up With A Very Innovative ‘Bubble’ Fish Trap
Tankmatez is a company promoting a new kind of fish trap which is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. The Tankmatez ‘Bubble Trap’ uses a combination of unique attributes to trap fish safely & carefully in a manner which appears…
Top 5 Products from Two Little Fishies
The first time I met Julian Sprung, it was my 22nd birthday and I asked him to sign my copy of ‘Corals: A Quick Reference Guide’. Instead of signing it normally, the godfather of modern reefkeeping took a very long…
The Importance of Cleaning our Protein Skimmers
See if this scenario sounds familiar – you get a new protein skimmer and it works great, body is full of foam and it pulls lots of gunk. Over time you find yourself raising the water level in the body,…
