As we prepare ourselves for the biennial voyage to Singapore for the Aquarama conference, we can’t help but reflect on one of Singapore’s key players in the marine aquarium manufacturing market, Skimz. Every year, whether leading up to Aquarama in odd…
Two weeks until Aquarama 2015 in Singapore
It’s just two weeks until the kickoff of Aquarama 2015, and we are anxiously awaiting our return to Singapore to visit with our Southeast Asian aquarium friends. Aquarama is nowhere near the size and scale of InterZoo in Germany, but there’s…
Top 5 stories from Aquarama 2013
We are hitting prime aquarium show season here with SuperZoo wrapping last week, MACNA right around the corner, and followed by Reefapalooza in October. We figured it was prime time to do a quick recap of the top 5 stories…
Aquarama 2013 in Singapore, the largest aquarium event of the year
Aquarama 2013, the largest aquarium event of the year will take place the end of this month in Singapore. From May 30th to June 2nd, the Asian aquarium hobby, community and industry will converge on the Marina Bay Sands Expo…
Blackreef aquarium controller and modules get an update in advance of its full release
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvCJujVElr4[/youtube] The Blackreef aquarium controller and modules we saw at Aquarama are getting some fine tuning in advance of the company’s more public release coming up this year at Interzoo. While most of the work is being done on the…
Hybrid Panther x Bumblebee grouper is both beautiful and edible
‘Fish are friends, not food”. Well, not so much for this man-made hybrid grouper. The amazing fish shown above is the result of a cross between the Panther grouper and the Bumblebee grouper (Cromileptes altivelis X Epinephelus lanceolatus). Bred for…
Elos Evision is the new expansive concept for aquarium control
The Elos Evision is a broad new aquarium controller line from Elos that has a simple foundation but which can be built up into a very sophisticated aquarium controller. Built on a framework of standard home automation bus, the heart…
Elos Evision ControlCenter is an attractive touchscreen remote control
The Elos Evision ControlCenter may just be the most attractive touchscreen remote control we’ve yet seen for the aquarium market. The high quality resistive touchscreen of the COntrolCenter is so sensitive that it actually feels like it is capacitive and…
ElosTempo and ElosClima are the first two modules of the Evision aquarium controller
The Elos Tempo and Clima are the first two controller modules that make up the foundation of the Elos Evision aquarium controller ecosystem. The simple, small networkable modules each do one thing and they do it well. The onboard navigation…
Maxspect Mazarra LED may be the first reef light with Cree XM and Philips Rebel ES
The Mazarra LED is a 3rd generation light by Maxspect which is bringing a lot of new an innovative features as well as high performance LED chips. The Mazarra may not be the first aquarium light to use Cree XM…