MindStream Aquarium Monitor goes live on Kickstarter

The MindStream Kickstarter campaign kicks off today with the new, potentially revolutionary new water monitoring device going to the first round of backers for the totally reasonable sum of $499. Currently, aquarium water quality management and testing can be one…

Heavily designed Norrom Aquarium uses bottom-up LED lighting

We get so many tips telling us about this-or-that crowdsourced aquarium project, and most of them do not make the cut of being post-worthy but this one from Norrom squeaks by for having a very heavy emphasis on design. Perhaps…

Fishbit aquarium monitor and controller launches at CES

The Fishbit is a new aquarium controller and monitor which aims to simplify the process of keeping tabs on your aquarium when you are not around. Fishbit takes a radically different approach to aquarium monitoring by combining all the important sensors…

Isis Aquarium puts the cylinder on its side

The Isis Aquarium is an interesting aquarium design that popped up on Kickstarter last year.  Instead of your traditional permutation of a box or the vertical cylinder, the Isis is a cylindrical aquarium that is put on its side. Taking a horizontal approach gives…

The Aquarium Life documentary needs your Kickstarter backing

When we were starting out in the aquarium hobby, there was no such thing as a reef tank, it was all saltwater aquariums. If you saw someone, anyone, caught staring at the one saltwater tank in the LFS then you…

PJ Reefs Pico System is on Kickstarter

A self-contained Pico reef would probably look great on your desk at work. PJ Reefs is introducing just that with their recently announced kick starter project. For a $150 pledge, you’ll receive the pico jar and and reef lamp that…

iGlo LED heads to Kickstarter to help fund wireless LED controller

At first glance, the iGlo WiFi LED controller campaign on Kickstarter is just another cool and semi-useful LED project on the crowd-funding site, but when you start peeling back the layers and realize the iGlo platform has the potential to…

SEASMART sets up Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund restart in the Philippines

The SEASMART program is taking to Indigogo — a crowdfunding website — to raise funds for its goal to transform the aquarium trade. You might remember EcoEZ SEASMART’s pilot program from Papua New Guinea that helped change the trade over there but…

Jellyfish Art desktop aquarium one step closer to your cubicle

The Jellyfish Art desktop Jellyfish Aquarium we spied earlier this year is one-step closer to being the best thing to hit your office since the whoopie cushion epidemic of 2010. This all-on-one jelly aquarium is getting more financial backing via…