by AquaNerd | May 28, 2016 | Reef, Science, Tanks
BioTek Marine Tek 44 Edition Red As of this past Friday BioTek Marine has released a new color option for the Tek Series product line called the Tek Edition Red. The Tek Edition Red includes 30″, 36″, 44″ sumps, 5 and 10 gallon ATO water tanks and other than the color, they are identical to the Tek Blue & Grey versions. The Tek Red was produced in red and white to complement some of the other protein skimmer and reactor product lines that use a combination of red and white acrylic and/or white PVC. Pictured above is the 44″ x 17″ x 16″ sump that includes 2 x 1/2″ returns and an inclosed 2 x 7″ filter sock compartment. Enclosing the return section eliminates annoying salt creep and dramatically reduces noise 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 20, 2016 | Reef, Science
Ahead of InterZoo in Nurenburg, Germany, Sanrise is announcing it’s latest aquarium LED lighting fixture, the Aqua Planet. Under it’s sleek housing is 84 watts of 3 and 5 watt Cree LEDs and 6 channels of independent Wi-Fi control compatible with iOS and Android devices. The 20 individual diodes are nestled behind a custom lens cluster designed to blend the individual colors. The Aqua Planet also has built in temperature controlled quiet fans to cool the fixture and electronics. Like many of the high end LED fixtures, the Sanrise Aqua Planet includes sunrise and sunset simulation and the light can be programmed with up to 24 programmable time periods. Soon we hope to have an Aqua Planet here at AquaNerd for unboxing followed by a product review. Pricing is expected by AquaNerd | May 18, 2016 | Reef, Science
Carlos and the guys from CoralVue have posted a new video on You Tube showing you how the new VarioS pump controller interfaces with the Neptune Apex platform. Carlos In the video Carlos focuses on showing you how to connect your VarioS pump to a 3rd party controller by using the available 0-10 volt port located on the VarioS unit. This makes the Varios pump very versatile and almost universally compatible with most system controllers like the Neptune Systems’s Apex, GHL Profilux or Reef Angel aquarium controllers. The video very informative and rather lengthly so plan on blocking out a good 35+ minutes to watch it. [embedded content] by AquaNerd | May 14, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
Korallen-Zucht (KZ), the creators of the Zeovit System have come up with a new coral feeding platform that they are referring to as the “Coral System”. KZ’s Coral System is a four part system designed to provide vital elements and compounds that consists of 4 individual components that will be offered in the US as a “Synergy Package”. The package is available in a 4 x 250ml bottles for smaller aquariums and a 4 x 500ml package for larger aquariums. The purpose of the Coral System is to provide trace elements and organic compounds vital to cellular as well as building mass and producing color pigments. Although each component can be used as a standalone product the best results are achieved when they are used in
