John Clipperton

Issue 71

Includes: Close Look Review – The futuristic Maxspect Turbine Duo is the subject of our product focus this issue. Enter the Coral Cave – John Clipperton quizzes Blue Planet Aquarium Curator Dave Wolfenden about the attraction’s large fish-only Coral Cave exhibit. Close-up on Corals: Trumpets – Those good old corals of the Caulastrea genus getRead More

Close Look: ReefTops Tank Cover

Until recently, if you wanted a neat cover for your open-topped rimless tank, options were few and far between. Even the easiest solution involved a fair amount of DIY to end-up with a usable product. Given the never-ending stories of people losing fish through them jumping out of uncovered aquaria, we probably weren’t the onlyRead More

Issue 70

UltraMarine Magazine Issue 70

Includes: Close Look – Product Review – Neptune Systems COR-20 Interzoo 2018 Show Report – Read our special 12 page report for a preview of the hottest new marine products heading your way in the coming months. Mike’s Guide to Fragging –  Mike Paletta charts the evolution of coral fragmentation as a method for stocking a new reefRead More

Close Look: TUNZE Smartcontroller 7000 Aquarium Controller

For a large part of the reef-keeping community, time is probably the single largest ‘limiting factor’ when it comes to running a reef tank. For many, this means that managing time effectively becomes critical in maintaining a successful system, and automating the most repetitive and tiresome tasks has been shown to assist in this process.Read More

Issue 69

UltraMarine Magazine Issue 69

Includes: Close Look – Product Reviews – In this issue, the Tunze DOC 9430 DC skimmer is under the spotlight. An Arabian Adventure – Ex-Editor Richard Aspinall is off on another expedition (the lucky man!). This time it’s to the alluring Hallaniyat Islands, Oman. What will he find lurking in the depths? Fishes in Focus –  JohnRead More

Fish Spotlight: Timor Wrasse

Similar in appearance to a number of other species in the Halichoeres genus, H. timorensis is found at depths of 5 – 15m on shallow coastal reefs in the Indo-West Pacific (from Sri Lanka to Indonesia), mainly over rock substrates with soft coral and algal growth. It occurs in small, loose groups dominated by aRead More

Close Look: Vectra Review I-Supra C+ Aquarium Filtration System

Often described in aquarium literature as a ‘place to store unsightly aquarium equipment’, sumps have something of a reputation for being objects to hide behind closed cabinet doors, being displeasing to look at and perhaps chaotic and unclean. This actually doesn’t have to be the case though, indeed many items of aquarium equipment now availableRead More