Reef Factory has a Bold Vision for the Aquarium Internet of Things

Reef Factory is a brand new company out of Poland with a very ambitious vision for monitoring the modern reef aquarium. The catalog of Reef Factory devices includes a broad assortment of focused sensors and controllers to keep reef aquarists…

XFLO Inline Titanium Heaters Deliver Serious Temperature Control

The XFLOW Inline Titanium Heater was possibly one of our favorite new devices introduced at MACNA 2019. Heaters are nowhere near as sexy as fancy new LED lights and sleek powerful pumps but managing water temperature is easily one of…

Profilux Temperature Controller 2 Coming Next Year from GHL

The Profilux Temperature Controller 2 is a new thermoelectric device from GHL which can both heat and cool aquarium water. Using state of the art Peltier heat exchangers, the Profilux Temperature Controller 2 is a much smaller piece of equipment…

New Your Choice Aquatics Chillers Start at $399

Your Choice Aquatics is a new line of aquarium chillers which are coming in at mightily affordable prices. The C Series Chillers are available in one eighth (1/8) and one quarter horse power while the L Series maxes out at…

Nano Chiller by Chill Solutions now with Digital Thermorstat

The summer heat can be hard to beat, especially in small and nano reef tanks where the volume isn’t enough to retain much heat, and for which there aren’t many efficient cooling options. The CSXC-1 Nano Chiller from Chill Solutions…

Next Gen Ultra & Platinium Heaters from AquaEL & Cobalt Aquatics

Temperature is THE most important parameter governing the chemistry and biology of our reef tanks and we really should be paying much more attention to its proper regulation. With that in min AquaEL has a whole new crop of aquarium…

Chinese Companies are Serious About Aquarium Heaters!

If you were an aquarist in the 1990s and you were suddenly transported to 2018, you’d be very surprised to see that heater technology pretty much hasn’t changed, at least in America and Europe. Heater ‘technology’, if you can give…

My Corals are Dying: Why?

    Over the years I have been asked a lot of questions. Some have come and gone over time, like what is the best whatever or what fish or coral can I add to my tank. Some, however, have…

Someone FINALLY Made A Magnetic Aquarium Thermometer!

The temperature of aquarium water, or ANY biological system for that matter, is the most critical parameter we can measure yet most reefers rarely give it the attention it deserves. I’d be willing to bet that half of you don’t even…

What Temperature Is Too Hot For A Reef Aquarium?

Since we’re in the middle of the summer, it’s no surprise that temperatures are rising for everyone in the northern hemisphere, and the tanks that live there. It’s about this time of year that we get a lot of questions…