For this episode, I am saying goodbye to filter socks! I finally had the time to get a Klir filter and put it in my system. Automated floss mat systems have been flooding (get it? ok, sorry) the market lately, and it has been great seeing these things in action; they make mechanical [...]
Auto Top Off unit. One of the most overlooked but most important parts of our hobby, this mechanism was created and has made so many reefers’ lives easier by automating the top off process, stabilizing the salinity in our reef aquarium by properly replenishing the freshwater that leaves [...]
During Reef A Palooza 2018, we met up with Jack Behar, creator of Klir Filter to see if there were any updates on the highly anticipated Klir filter that he first presented at MACNA – Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 2017 in New Orleans. To our surprise, he went above and [...]
The felt filter sock is the current king of mechanical filtration in the reef hobby. Almost everybody who has a system with a sump uses one; it’s a simple, easy to use method of trapping uneaten food particles and other visible debris flowing in a saltwater fish tank. It has its downsides: it [...]
“The future is now, thanks to science!” Ok, I have been watching too many cartoons with my kids but I’m not kidding about this one! For this video, we spoke to Rabih Krayem of Reef Kinectics to talk about their automatic titration test machine. This unit was one of the [...]
As an extremely satisfied Reef Octopus skimmer owner myself, I was very excited to see that the company was presenting a brand new protein skimmer at MACNA 2017 in New Orleans. This new device, called Octo S-130, is the result of years of design and manufacturing experience, and it is loaded [...]
One of the most interesting companies that I saw at this MACNA was Klir from Coralvue. Filter floss is not a new concept to this hobby but Jack (founder of Klir)’s approach of combining filter floss with today’s technology and perfecting the already-existing equipment with an extremely [...]
Coral Vue always has something new on the table from the numerous brands it represents. This year was no different; the booth was packed with, among other things, the newest equipment from Reef Octopus, IceCap, and AutoAqua. My beloved Octopus Skimmers were on display, next to the latest [...]