Marcin Smok
  • Marcin Smok is a reefer, photographer, traveler, SCUBA diver and avid DIY-er. He has been keeping freshwater fish tanks since he was 9 years old and saltwater tanks for the past 10 years. Check his photography site at www.travelibn.com and follow his Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/photoreef/

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MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: New Products From Fauna Marin

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: New Products From Fauna Marin

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...

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Tamsco Tools

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Tamsco Tools

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...

Reef Candies: MACNA 2018 Edition Part II

Reef Candies: MACNA 2018 Edition Part II

In the second episode of Reef Candies: MACNA 2018 Edition, we continue to explore the world of utterly beautiful, shamelessly fluorescent, and otherworldly looking creatures of the coral reef. We, as hobbyists, have managed to collect, document, and propagate a vast...

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Benepets

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Benepets

With less than a year on the reefing scene, Benepets has become a sort of overnight sensation, all thanks to their flagship product called Benereef. What put the company in the spotlight wasn’t an extensive advertising campaign or being backed by some giant...

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Rossmont Riser Rx and Skemer

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Rossmont Riser Rx and Skemer

Around this same time last year, I sat down with Mr. Mattia Monti, co-founder of Rossmont, to discuss the technology behind the company’s groundbreaking AC controlled propeller pumps. At that time, Rossmont had several different-sized wavemakers, a single model of a...

Reef Candies: MACNA 2018 Edition Part I

Reef Candies: MACNA 2018 Edition Part I

It has become a tradition for me to wake up early on the second day of MACNA and rush to the show’s floor ahead of everyone else to have an unobstructed view of all the corals and fish. This time around, I was equipped with my newest rig to combat blue light in...

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Kessil a360x Light

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas: Kessil a360x Light

The Kessil a360x light announcement was one of the most significant reveals that came just in time for MACNA in Las Vegas and, unsurprisingly, the company’s booth gathered crowds of curious reefers longing to play with the new light. Available at launch in two...