by danireef | Jun 9, 2017 | Equipment
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... by danireef | Jun 8, 2017 | Equipment
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... by AquaNerd | Jun 3, 2017 | Equipment, Science
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 founder of Royal Exclusiv has continued to innovate and develop new products with a new space saving stacking media filter dubbed; media filter 3.0. With so many great filtration products on the market, keeping water parameters in check has never been easier but having enough space in an aquarium cabinet still presents challenges for many. Thankfully, manufactures like Royal Exclusiv are designing aquarium hardware that neatly and efficiently maximizes space in the aquarium sump with products like the media filter by ReefBum | May 30, 2017 | Equipment, Supplements, Tanks
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 light. In fact, I like to use a particular “system” or a standard set of equipment to run a reef tank and have been hesitant to change an individual component given my fear it would upset the balance of the tank. One of those components is Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO) and I have always used it to keep phosphates in check, despite my love/hate relationship with it. On the plus side it is by Marcin Smok | May 30, 2017 | Equipment, Industry, Technology
It’s not often that we see Apex programming language expanded with new commands, so I was pleased to see that with the recent update, version 4.52 firmware update for Apex Classic/Gold, Apex Lite and Apex Jr models, a new “When” statement has been added to the... by danireef | May 29, 2017 | Equipment
This is the new Waveline DC6000. For this review, we measured hydraulic head, flow rate, consumption, and cos(fi). In addition, the Waveline DC6000 is an electric pump with a dedicated digital controller, so we were able to measure all the values for each incremental...
