Ecoxotic Panorama LED Aquarium Retrofit
Our friends at Ecoxotic have finally made their Panorama LED Aquarium Retrofit light available to hobbyists. This modular retrofit is basically a supersized Panorama Module and features 36 powerful LEDs, consuming only 42 watts of energy. It also sports a polished aluminum reflector, external LED driver with on/off switch, and a heatsink that keeps the [...]
To Those Considering Getting Out of the Hobby
Very recently, a friend contacted me and told me he was getting out of the hobby. He had a stunning 90-gallon SPS tank that was packed full of ORA corals and other rarities. He and I both started our most recent aquariums around the same time, each of us experimenting with the ZEOvit dosing system [...]
EcoTech Marine to Unveil New Product at MACNA
In their August newsletter, EcoTech Marine announced that they will be introducing a new product at MACNA this year. There is a flurry of speculation as to what this “new product” will be, but our guess is a larger model VorTech pump. With the MP10 holding down the nano aquariums, the MP20 being discontinued, and [...]
DSPS From Thailand Latest Video
The enormous DSPS tank from Thailand has got to be one of the most infamous tanks in the aquarium world, and the videos keep rolling out. The latest video, uploaded to YouTube only yesterday, shows just how much this gorgeous reef has matured. The colonies are getting massive and you can see less and less [...]
Brightwell Aquatics Katalyst Bio Pellets
Image from Marine Depot Brightwell Aquatics, a producer of all sorts of aquarium additives, is unveiling their own line of solid carbon source bio pellets called Katalyst. This media from Brightwell Aquatics works very similarly to other bio pellets, in that it serves as a food source to promote the growth of healthy bacteria populations. [...]
ATI’s Newest Skimmers, The PowerCone
ATI Aquaristik, the maker of several great aquarium products, including the very stylish and very popular ATI Powermodule T5HO light fixtures, is set to release a new protein skimmer onto the market. The ATI PowerCone protein skimmer will feature a lot of the newer technologies that all of the protein skimmers are starting to use, [...]
Contest Winners Announced
It took me a few days to tally up all the votes (bigger handful than I originally anticipated), but we finally have the winners! The contest came about as a result of our 1000th article being published. We celebrated the milestone by giving away an Ecoxotic Panorama LED Module and several gift cards to ReefExotic.net. [...]
NP Reducing Bio Media from SWC
It seems that the nitrate and phosphate reducing media are really gaining traction in the hobby. For years, reef keepers had to rely solely on their live rock and sand bed to house all of their nitrifying bacteria populations and excess nutrients to feed these populations. Now, they’ve got a little boost in the form [...]
Are Salt Brands All the Same?
I found myself in a discussion among a group of saltwater aquarium keepers and a local fish store owner, and the topic was salt. Someone brought up the question, “Isn’t salt just that, salt?”. The topic eventually boiled down to whether or not expensive salts were better than the less expensive brands. The general consensus [...]
The AquaNerd Giveaway Ends Very Soon
The AquaNerd 1000th article celebration giveaway is about to end. More specifically, it will end tomorrow night (Sunday, August 15th) at midnight! Get your entries in before the deadline and you can win an Ecoxotic Panorama Module or a gift card to ReefExotic.
