Anyone who’s had a reef tank for more than a couple of years will know that success brings its own challenges as a healthy, growing coral population steadily begins to exert an ever-increasing demand that must be maintained. There are numerous ways to achieve mineral and/or trace element supplementation of course, and the use ofRead More
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Close Look: Triton N-DOC ORGANICS Professional Seawater Analysis
One of the perhaps more subtle developments in reef-keeping over the last couple of years has been the general consensus that absolute zero levels of phosphate and nitrate can actually be a bad thing for a reef tank. While it’s always been accepted that soft corals and LPS corals like some dissolved organic nutrients inRead More
Close Look: Tunze DOC Skimmer 9430 DC
When it comes to skimmers, it can be easy to be led by the form of a product over its function. However, something that looks aesthetically pleasing doesn’t necessarily mean it will perform its primary role any more effectively. Sometimes it can be a challenge to look beyond the hype, especially when everyone else seemsRead 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
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
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
Close Look: Sicce SYNCRA SDC 7.0 multifunction circulation pump
Controllable, DC powered circulation pumps have been around for quite a while now and are often seen in either return pump or skimmer engine forms. Featuring separate wired controllers to adjust speed at the touch of a button there are a host of offerings of varying quality and cost. Pumps that can be adjusted remotelyRead More
Quick Look: Red Sea Max Nano
Back in mid-October 2016 I was thrilled to be supplied one of the first Red Sea Max Nano systems available here in the UK for the purpose of producing this month’s ‘Quick Look’ review. Having already set-up a Red Sea REEFER 170 last year, I have to say that I had high hopes for thisRead More
TMC V2 iLumenAir 900 – Great PAR at a Great Price
Richard Aspinall investigates TMC’s first luminaire Images: Richard Aspinall TMC can rightly be said to have been at the start of the LED revolution in the aquarium world with the AquaRay all those years ago. Since then the UK-based company has continued to produce modular units that have seen regular updates to include the newestRead More
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