by Marcin Smok | Apr 23, 2020 | Equipment, Featured Article, Industry, Opinion, Technology
The light I am about to review showed up on the radar sometime last year and I had an opportunity to see it in person while attending 2019 ReefAPalooza in New York. New Jersey to be accurate, but only a short kayak trip across the Hudson River from New... by Marcin Smok | Jul 18, 2019 | Equipment, Events, Technology
True story: the AquaticLife booth was my absolute first stop at the 2019 Reefapalooza New York show. Reason- I wanted to see, in the flesh or, well, aluminum, the successor of the widely popular Hybrid T5 Light that the company introduced a few years ago, and found... by Marcin Smok | Feb 22, 2019 | Equipment, Science
If my memory serves me correctly, my first aquarium was lit by a fluorescent lamp, most likely a fat T12 tube mounted on a shop fixture with no reflector, one that barely put out more useful lumens of light than an ordinary incandescent... by Marcin Smok | Sep 19, 2018 | Equipment, Events, Industry, MACNA
When AquaticLife came out with their Hybrid Mounting Fixture about a year ago, I proclaimed it to be one of the most innovative aquarium lighting products of recent years and for me, that still holds true to this... by Marcin Smok | Nov 18, 2016 | Equipment, Opinion, Tanks, Technology
One of the most crucial purchases anyone starting a saltwater aquarium faces is a reverse osmosis/deionization (RO/DI) filtration system. Distilled water ranks at the top of the list of “ingredients” for a successful reef tank, and is a necessary factor in...