It Might Be Old, but the SCWD is Still Cool

If you’ve never heard of the Switching Current Water Director, aka the SCWD (pronounced ‘squid’), congratulations because you’ve been a reef hobbyist in in a very different era or reef keeping. Before we had all the digital bells and wireless…

Old SCWD video shows us how aquarium marketing used to look

Every now and then we are gripped by a twinge of longing for the good old days of reef aquarium keeping and questionably useful reef gear. Top among the devices that come to mind is the venerable SCWD, pronounced “squid”,…

Spin Stream rotating return nozzle by Innovative Marine is available separately

When we first spotted the Spin Stream in Innovative Marine’s promotional video for their Nuvo Aquarium we had a hunch that this nifty little device would be sold separately, and now we have proof. On a recent to Denver-area LFS…