by AquaNerd | Sep 24, 2016 | Equipment, MACNA, Reef, Technology
As expected, MACNA 2016 in San Diego, delivered another crop of new and innovative products into the aquarium market. There were so many exciting products on display and we look forward to reviewing many of them for you in coming days and weeks. We wanted to start with one of our favorites, the Seneye Reef Monitoring System and PAR Meter. Seneye’s owner and founder, Matt Stevenson, is an avid supporter of MACNA, the aquarium industry and hobbyists. As one of the supporters of AquaNerd, Matt was kind enough to give us a personal demonstration of the functions and features of Seneye’s exciting new product. We have watched with keen interest as Seneye has become recognized and popular among aquarists around the world. So what’s so unique about by AquaNerd | Aug 9, 2016 | Reef, Science
Nope this is not a typo, The new PMUP ,Practical Multi Purpose Utility Pump, is Neptune Systems latest product announcement. The PMUP is designed to interface with the Neptune Apex controllers as an Auto-Top Off pump, Calcium or Carbon reactor pump. The maximum head pressure is 14 feet and the max GPH is 100 GPH. The Neptune site is states that it can be used with Biopellets. Larger Biopellet reactors require a much greater GPH, making this a new pump alternative for smaller reactors. At a diminutive 4.58″ x 2.24″ size, this pump can fit nicely into most jug openings or ATO reservoirs. The PMUP can easily be connected in 2 fashions. One option is to simply stretch silicon tubing over the intake side of the PMUP. The by AquaNerd | Jun 27, 2016 | Reef, Science
hi The new Vertex Cerebra aquarium controller allows you to monitor and control your aquarium with ease from it’s 5.5” touch screen display. You can finally say goodbye to programing/coding language. The Vertex Cerebra is an Android based platform which allows you to control lighting, dosing, pumps and much more. The Cerebra Prima package includes the touch screen controller, a 6 outlet power-bar and an LED status temperature probe and is expandable with its many accessories and options. Vertex decided early in the concept and development phase to make the platform cloud-based using the Android OS. The open source platform allows for greater control and creativity. Android OS allows full customization without having to learn time-consuming coding. Users will be able to browse by AquaNerd | May 20, 2016 | Science
[embedded content] Vertex Aquaristik announces the release of long awaited Cerebra aquarium controller just made moments ago and ahead of Innerzoo 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. More to follow in the coming days and weeks. by AquaNerd | May 5, 2016 | Corals, Equipment, Eye Candy, Fish, Reef, Science
Here’s some eye candy for you. Recently, featured as the Featured Tank on the Zeovit Forum Wesley Vrsswijk’s SPS and LPS aquarium is a a setup most any reef aquarist would be proud of. The photos are little oversaturated but you can certainly see that the corals and fish are very healthy. Congratulations to Wesley on his beautiful setup. Wesley shared a list of all the equipment parameters, photo period for his 264 gallon (total water volume) aquarium. For more photos drop over to the Zeovit forum. AQUARIUM DATA Display Tank: (dimensions & size in litres/gallons)215cm x 65cmx 95cm 800L (211 gallons) Sump: (dimensions & size in liters/gallons)145x55x45 200L (53 gallons) Total Volume:1000l (264 gallons) LIGHTING Lighting Setup: ATI hybrid
