“Can I legally bring corals with me on a plane?” is one of the most frequent question asked by hobbyists who are planning to transport live corals across the United States. As it turns out, I found an answer to that question when I visited the Building an Obsession (BaO) booth at MACNA [...]
MACNA 2018 Las Vegas was full of new reefing gadgets, fancy wavemakers, LED lights, pumps, filters, and what have you, so Cobalt Aquatics’ latest introduction may have slipped some peoples’ attention. That’s a bummer because Cobalt Aquatics Rescue Air may be one of the most [...]
Only a couple of years have passed since the first ARID reactors hit the market and today the flagship product by Pax Bellum has essentially risen to become a synonym for reef aquarium algae reactor. These units are now considered a staple in a lot of serious reefers’ filtration systems, [...]
I have a custom made glass sump sitting inside my aquarium stand that supplies a 100g reef tank above. It’s a standard sump- it holds water, has some generic looking baffles and in it, I can fit a decent size skimmer, some standard equipment, and dual 7” filter socks hanging on a third [...]
Here it is, part III of Reef Candies: MACNA Edition- more beautiful aquariums and more mindblowing coral frags to make you drool. As I write this, knowing that we’re getting to the end of MACNA coverage, I’m already feeling nostalgic for the show, its unique atmosphere, and the people [...]
Poseidon Flow Technologies is a new startup company from Canada and the maker of Salinity Pen Plus, a digital salinity/specific gravity measuring tool for the reef aquarium. The device was first shown at MACNA in Las Vegas and I had a chance to talk to the company’s founder, Mr. Daren [...]
Fauna Marin deserves an award for most products introduced at MACNA 2018 in Las Vegas. The German manufacturer had a staggering amount of upcoming and recently introduced items on display on the show’s floor- a new coral food, an algae treatment, a whole set of test kits and additives, and [...]
I must admit up front, I did not know about Tamsco, or, at least, wasn’t aware that I might have encountered their products while shopping for fragging tools. That’s a real shame because the company has a mind-blowing offering of aquarium care products in their catalog. My [...]