This is the first of a short series of articles aimed at improving our aquariums’ sustainability: we will start by illustrating several tips to reduce the energy bill of our tanks. We hear more and more every day about sustainability, and we would like to present some tips on how to keep [...]
The Uninterruptible Power Supply is an important and necessary piece of equipment for our aquarium. An aquarium could be set up perfectly, but emergencies still happen, and as you know, home aquariums are connected to and dependent on a constant supply of electricity. When it is lacking, [...]
A real protein skimmer to hang on your tank, very good news which will solve many problems for hobbyists without a sump. When tanks don’t have a good-volume sump, proper filtration can be a real issue. So far, the best performing skimmers have been the Aquamedic Turboflotor 1000 [...]
Rossmont Waver has been really a surprise. We are loving it so much, mainly for what it allows us to do. The Rossmont Waver is what we would define as a multipurpose controller. In fact, Rossmont labels it as an All in One module. With this you can control different stream pumps (by [...]
Presented at Interzoo 2016, the Tunze Smart Controller 7000 is finally in our hands to be tested, along with the also new Tunze Turbelle Stream 3, which we spoke about a few weeks ago (article). The Tunze Smart Controller 7000 is an all in one controller, according to Tunze itself. In [...]
The new, tiny Aqamai KPS pump finally arrived, and we were eager to give it a complete test. It was presented as an advanced concept at Interzoo 2016, seen in action at the PetsFestival 2016, and now it’s available to the public. The pump is incredibly small, especially [...]
Its hard to argue that Royal Exclusiv manufactures some of the finest quality and innovative aquarium gear anywhere in the world. Manufactured in Germany, Royal Exclusiv is known as a brand that surpasses expectations. With their new and much larger state of the art facility, Klaus Jensen, the [...]
During all my years keeping reef tanks I have always stuck by what has worked for me and resisted change. For instance, I have had great results using metal halide lighting for my SPS dominated tanks and have resisted jumping on the LED bandwagon despite the success of others using this type of [...]