Today Ecotech announced a major update to their Radion programming software which provides some long requested features and enhancements sure to make the reef geeks drool. Specifically: East/West orientation of multiple lamps to create a true sunrise effect. Device...
Milwaukee is stepping up their game in the marine space by offering a new controller based probe system for pH and ORP monitoring. This new system really covers all the bases, with their lab grade probe options on an industrial grade monitor. The configuration of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAEHaznAsA We were really lucky to get to play with the new Cobalt NEO Heaters that have an integrated controller. The cool thing about these heaters is that the controller is built directly into the heater and is fully submersible, so...
Sicce affiliate aquaLife has a new coral amino acid blend available for sale that promises to enhance coral corals and growth. Lately a lot of companies have been touting the values of amino acids in aquariums. A friend also specified that for best uptake, make sure...
Why is it so hard to build a heater that won't fail and kill everything in our tanks? Cobalt Aquatics has taken on this pet peeve of many aquarium owners. From their explanation, one of the leading causes of heater failure is electricity arcing across the circuit...
Omega One was really jazzed about their new line of frozen marine foods that they are showing off a new branded refrigerator for retail sales. The line of foods come in Veggie, Carnivore, Combo and Reef blends and are available in blister packs starting in one...
Lifegard Aquatics had a big booth at the Global Pet Expo and were displaying several new products that are designed to make the lives of hobbyists easier. We'll go through all of the different items one at a time, but this is something that everyone needs. If you...
Julian Sprung, always a fan of refugiums, mangroves, sediments and the associated microfauna, was really excited to show off this new line of substrates for the marine and seagrass aquariums. The aragonite on the left is live and comes in a very pretty little...
There are not many things in the reef hobby that can claim to be rockstar status. Rich Ross's tattoos, Kevin Kohen's race cars, and now, Eheim's "booth" at the Global Pet Expo. To show off their new line of rounded edge Aquastyle aquariums (as well as a new white...
Waveline was at the Global Pet Expo showing off their line of skimmers and DC powered pump, the DC-5000, which offers 1320gph in a small form factor. Why are we excited about this pump? First off, it's a DC pump, meaning we can expect better efficiency and less heat...