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Blue Moon Aquatics P100 LED

Blue Moon Aquatics P100 LED

Blue Moon Aquatics just released a new flagship LED pendant with some interesting features. The P100 utilizes a 100 watt multi chip LED to drop up too 100 PAR at depth of 42 inches. This could be a serious light for hobbyists with deep tanks and public aquariums. Blue...

Seneye Monitor to Change the Game

Seneye Monitor to Change the Game

The Seneye aquarium monitor has been all over headlines for the past couple of weeks. After a detailed conversation with Tom Crosswell of Seneye, even more information about what this exciting new product can do has been released. This revolutionary small device is...

Time to Change out Those Lamps

Time to Change out Those Lamps

T5s need to be swapped out for new ones at least once a year to keep the color temperature and output near what it was when new, and if it's getting close to that time of year for you, it's time to make this swap your last! Orphek recently announced their new T5 LED...

Red Sea Max S-Series

Red Sea Max S-Series

Red Sea is launching a new aquarium line dubbed the S-Series, and they are calling this the ultimate all in one aquarium system. They started with an aquarium that looks much like former ones, but that's where the similatities end. The S-Series will come in 400, 500...

New Reef Keeper Module

New Reef Keeper Module

Digital Aquatics has released yet another module in their long line of add-ons. It's early on in the press of this one, but from what I can tell it is simply a multiple temperature probe hub. It will allow the user to have up to four temperature probes run from the...

Beware the Blue!

Beware the Blue!

Some of the trends I've noticed at various shops and frag shows are disturbing at best. There has been a lot of talk lately about the questionable Photoshopping techniques used by some online coral vendors, but what about the in-person deception that can be found with...

Sunshine Systems Aqua UFO

Sunshine Systems Aqua UFO

As promised in my article on Sunshine System's new line, it's time for some hands on testing with the AquaUFO. Before I get started, I must admit that these tests are not based on scientific readings, so please take them as purely comparative tests. I received my...

Sleepy Time

Sleepy Time

The other day as the lights were coming on, I finally caught a melanurus wrasse red-handed sleeping in the sand. Poor little guy truly must have thought that he was covered and I couldn't see him, but lucky for me he was fully out in the open and sleeping very well....

Ecotech CG Glue Now in Smaller Sizes

Ecotech CG Glue Now in Smaller Sizes

For all you fraggers out there that have wanted to try Ecotech's new CG glue but couldn't justify spending $50 on a bottle of glue, Ecotech has announced two new smaller sizes. Ecotech's CG will now be shipping in a smaller 75ml. size for the much lower price of about...

Weekly Eye Candy #2

Weekly Eye Candy #2

Time for another serving of some sweet eye candy! For most of my photos, I use a simple point-and-shoot Olympus that is waterproof to about 15 feet. This allows me to get it directly in the water and to eliminate any reflections from the surface or glass. This also...