A little over a year ago, Reef Kinetics came out with ReefBot, an automatic water testing device that uses existing titration test kits and automatizes the testing process, effectively eliminating the leading cause of inaccurate measurements (I’m sorry to say this, but the cause is us folks). [...]
My recent coverage of another show, Reefapalooza in NY, included a 2 part series I called Fluorescence Extravaganza (check it HERE and HERE). I can humbly say that I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on that segment and decided to follow up with a special MACNA edition of the same series. In [...]
I certainly do love this picture-heavy part of my MACNA coverage the most and I can’t wait to share with you some of the highlights of this year’s show. Despite the threat hurricane Dorian brought to the outset of MACNA (the hurricane, fortunately, ended up sparing Florida from the worst of its [...]
For this episode of MACNA 2019 Orlando Coverage, I’m checking back on Aquaforest, the Polish company that entered the American markets a few years ago with their extensive line of saltwater aquarium-oriented products, to see what new goodies they are bringing over the Atlantic to spoil us with [...]
As always, there were quite a few surprises for us during the MACNA show. One that caught my attention the most and took me by surprise was CoralVue’s new controller, Hydros. Wait. Not Hydros Wave Engine? Here is little background story: This year during Reef A Palooza Orlando, CoralVue [...]
Whether they are meant to showcase the latest equipment, present various aquascaping materials, display wholesalers’ aquatic animals, or exist simply for the joy of hobbyists attending MACNA, fish tanks built and arranged specifically for the show are one of its absolute highlights. Therefore and [...]
A year ago, at the MACNA show in Las Vegas, I was approached by two nice gentlemen from an unknown to me then company, Poseidon Flow Technologies. They showed me their latest and, at that time I assumed, only product, a salinity/specific gravity pen meant for the aquarium hobby use. Fast forward to [...]
The proven and repeatedly copied concept of a cone-shaped protein skimmer is rarely challenged these days. Although I’ve seen some interesting design choices that skimmer manufacturers managed to incorporate into their products, the general idea behind that type of skimmer stood its ground- until [...]