In terms of simple things about the hobby, at first glance, it would appear that understanding temperature would be at the top of the list. It is simple, in that since the average temperature on natural coral reefs ranges from…
Water Chemistry Part 1: Salinity and Temperature
There are a lot of sexy aspects of having a reef tank including planning and setting it up, aquascaping it, and then selecting the fish and corals to go in it. And you can also get excited about choosing the…
Hygger Makes the Most Interesting but Sketchy Heaters
Hygger makes a lot of different devices for keeping aquariums from lights to pumps to tanks but we want to talk about the Hygger aquarium heaters. Within the aquarium hobby the most static and stagnant devices of all are aquarium…
Neo Therm Pro Heater Coming Soon from Cobalt Aquatics
The Neo-therm Pro is Cobalt Aquatics’ successor to their very exotic Neotherm aquarium heater design which first hit the American scene over nine years ago. We have to use that geographic qualifier because many of Cobalt’s electrical devices are Americanized…
AquaEL Thermometer Link Wireless Temperature Monitor
The AquaEL Thermometer Link is an important new development in the progress of aquarium monitoring tool. You may have heard of ‘wireless’ thermometers before but these consist of little more than an LCD display with a wireless probe but this…
PTC Smart Heater System from Innovative Marine
The PTC Smart Heater is a very new and different way to manage aquarium water temperature from Innovative Marine. When you first look at it, the combination of a centralized thermostat, metal heating element, and separate temperature sensor appears to…
Inkbird ITC-308 Wifi is a Cheap, Wireless Dual Temperature Thermostat
The Inkbird ITC-308 is one of the most trusted thermostats for dual control of temperature, and we just discovered that there’s a wireless version! Having been released about a year ago, the Inkbird ITC-308 Wifi gives users more precise control…
JBJ Arctica Titanium Chiller, Is Your Tank Ready For The Summer Heat?
Stable water parameters are the key to aquarium success, which includes stable water temperature. If you start to notice your tank temperature consistently creeping above 78°F or 25.5°C during the summer months it’s probably time you invest in a chiller.…
How to Setup a Mini Reef Aquarium – Part 3: Making Saltwater, Salinity, and Temperature
If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time, there’s probably not much that we need to tell you about how to mix seawater for a mini reef aquarium or saltwater fish tank. There’s countless how-tos on mixing…
The Comprehensive Aquarium Heating Solution from Bulk Reef Supply
Bulk Reef Supply’s heaters and thermostats are a spanking new option to give demanding aquarists a comprehensive solution to both heating their aquarium water, and controlling it with precision and certainty. The Bulk Reef Supply Titanium heater and aquarium heater…