How to keep your Reef Tank Cool in Summer Heatwaves and Hot Weather

Summertime, wildfires, and the return of El Nino mean it’s time to think not about how we heat our reef aquariums, but how we keep them cool. We need to keep our tanks at a steady 25C/77F with few exceptions,…

Chihiros Cooling Fan Gets Low Profile Design

The Chihiros Cooling Fan is a new aquarium cooling accessory with a very different form factor from the typical blowers available in the hobby. There are a lot of ways to keep the temperatures of your aquarium water down including…

Amtra Borea 80 LED is a cooling fan and moonlight combined

Italian company Croci has added a cooling fan to its portfolio of Amtra branded aquatic products. This small clip-on fan is speed and temperature adjustable and will come just at the right time for nano tank owners who are searching…

Aqua Medic Nano Breeze, a low voltage cooling fan

The new Aqua Medic Nano Breeze is an interesting, low-energy nano cooling fan that sips just 1W of power and transfers power to the cooling unit via a pair of conductive metal bars. Taking the approach of both a unique…

Dymax Vortex W-5 cooling fan

The W-5 Vortex cooling fan from Dymax is an attractive hang-on device for use in cooling smaller heat-laden aquariums. The Hang-on vortex form factor is a product with which we were not familiar before a couple weeks ago but several…

Teco E-Chill are high performance (darn expensive) aquarium fans

The E-chill is a new aquarium cooling solution from Teco, the company that specializes in producing some of the finest aquarium chillers money can buy. Realizing that not everyone can afford a big ole chiller, and that chillers are expensive…