The Mindstream aquarium water chemistry monitor is one of the most highly anticipated new products in the aquarium hobby. After many, many years of being in development limbo, it was touch and go there whether the Mindstream would even see the…
Xepta AutoBalance Automatically Measures AND Doses Ca, Mg & Alkalinity
Auto Balance is a new automatic water testing & dosing machine from a company called Xepta. We’ve never heard of Xepta before but they have a full range of additives with a strong emphasis on achieving proper ratios of reef…
Testing out the New Salinity Pen Plus from Poseidon
The Salinity Pen Plus from Poseidon is a new salinity measuring tool that makes it dead simple to take quick, digital measurements of the concentration of seawater. Salinity is unquestionably the most important parameter for successful reef and saltwater aquariums…
ReefKinetics ReefBot Is Ready To Test ANY Parameter You Want!
There’s been a slew of new devices introduced in recent years targeted at automatically testing reef tank alkalinity including the KH Guardian, KH Director, the Alkatronic. As great as these have been, and they’re pretty awesome when they work, they are…
Using The Maglev Mixer to Streamline Water Testing
When I was first approached about testing the Maglev Mixer by Optics Tech, honestly my first thought was that this is probably a silly little unnecessary accessory. But since it’s small and probably couldn’t hurt my water test, I decided to…
Come See The ReefBot by Reef Kinetics at Reefapalooza This Weekend!
If there’s one thing that most of us absolutely love about keeping reef tanks, it’s the intersection of biology, technology, and a little bit of art to bring it all together. There’s a great movement happening right now with tons…
Fauna Marin Multi Reference is a Standard for Much More Than Salinity
Multi Reference by Fauna Marin is the first product of its kind that helps reefers really dial in their chemistry, by testing the tests. WhereTwo Little Fishies’ AccuraSea and Brightwell Aquatics’ Refractometer Calibration Standard are only references for salinity, and very…
Some Great Uses For The Anura pH/Temp/Salinity Probe
When Anura reached out to us about their new line of portable probes and ‘pH pens’, we were intrigued by their unique devices. Most notably, the three models of Anura probes have replaceable probes so you don’t have to replace…
Alkatronic Is The New KH Alkalinity Controller From Focustronic
The Alkatronic is yet another new Kh/Alkalinity controller, this time coming soon from Focustronic. Although Focustronic is just now starting to cut their teeth in the aquarium hobby with the Focus1 LED, they’ve been working to bring their own version…
If You Ain’t Testing, You’re Just Guessing!
Aquarium Water Testing By: Scott Davidson I always remember this phrase from my earliest days of reef keeping. Although I can’t remember who coined the phrase, it has always stuck with me. It would always conjure the image of someone standing in…
