If you shut off your skimmer for a day or two there is usually no problem. I have also shut off all my lights for four days to kill algae and again there was no issue with the corals. But…
IceCap 3K Gyre Generation Flow Pump licences Maxspect technology
The new IceCap 3K Gyre Generation Flow Pump looks a lot like the Maxspect Gyre pumps and that's because IceCap licensed the technology from Maxspect to produce a budget-friendly gyre pump. The IceCap 3k Gyre is rated for up to…
MaxSpect uses novel method to demonstrate water flow
Demonstrating the complex fluid dynamics that occur when water flow moves in an aquarium is a tall order. Not many have tried to explain it, let alone demonstrate how water moves in real time, but we think MaxSpect has taken…
Gyre Flow: What a difference ten years can make
The year is 2003 and I was just starting to delve into the first year of real marine science courses like ecology, oceanography, and fluid dynamics. At that time I’d already been keeping marine aquariums for 8 years and i was…
MaxSpect Gyre pump gets its first real close up
When it is finally released to the public in a couple of months, the MaxSpect Gyre pump will undoubtedly be one of the hottest new reef aquarium devices to hit the scene in a really long time. The completely new…
MaxSpect Riptide is the first pump specifically designed to create gyre flow
The MaxSpect Riptide is arguably one of the most exciting products released at InterZoo which comes to us from a company better known for their LED lighting innovations. First we had centrifugal pumps, then we had propeller pumps, and now…
