Fellow reefers, if, like me, you are not handy at DIY-ing, rejoice! Now you can make your tank equipment look all organized like a fancy pro reefer. I have been following Kyle Elder of Adaptive Reef’s work for years now and had him custom build a board for me and its looks, functionality, and [...]
Earlier this year, Coralvue teased us with the promise of a revolutionary all-in-one wave controller for our aquariums. You may look at what I just wrote and say “Revolutionary Is he being too generous with that word?” This may not sound like a big deal to most but in reality, [...]
Ice Cap is now accepting preorders for the new, significantly updated versions of their popular Gyre Wavemaker series: 2K and 4K. The company plans to start shipping them out in the first week of December. Speaking with Jeff Johnston of Coralvue, the main differences between the newer models and [...]
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 [...]
Reef Octopus, a brand that is familiar to most hobbyists as premium filteration company, has been expanding their expertise in the industry as of late. Naturally, I went to the CoralVue booth and got together with Jeremy Rykiel to talk about their latest lineup of newly-released sumps. Check it [...]
During Reef A Palooza Orlando, one new product that certainly stood out to me was CoralVue ‘s Hydros WaveEngine. By now, everyone knows (should know) that water flow is extremely importan,t and I feel that this is an invention that can be useful to anyone and everyone in the hobby. Check out [...]
The time of automated tanks is approaching fast, and making their Reef A Palooza Orlando debut was the Abex Xepta automated tester presented at the CoralVue booth. This unit was fascinating to me because it uses ionic probes instead of the reagent-based automatic testers that have been released for [...]
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 filteration [...]