We’ve got more information on that short, fat and portly ATB that Mare Nostrum has been testing. The skimmer in question is ATB’s new Elegance 200 cone skimmer. Like the rest of the Elegance line it features a double bubble plate and a sloping cone extending through the neck. However, this is the first Elegance [...] Related posts:

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ATB’s new Elegance 200 is a short and fat cone skimmer that has design features that we haven’t seen before. The Elegance 200 is a full cone protein skimmer that should be used internally only. The skimmer has a height of 50cm (19.68″) and takes a footprint up of around 300 x 400mm (11.81″ x [...]

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The Hanna phosphate checker is a green, egg-shaped hand-held colorimeter for portable testing of phosphate concentration with digital precision. If you’re like us, you’ve probably been wondering how Hanna could make such a small and affordable little colorimeter that could even begin to stack up to the accuracy of larger colorimeters from Hanna and others [...]

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In a surprising bit of news we’re reporting that marijuana (yes the Cannabis plant) is having a direct impact on the reef aquarium hobby. The popularity of medical marijuana may be a double-edged sword in the widespread availability of new lighting technologies for use in marine and reef aquaria. Discussion in the LED lighting sector [...]

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Source: PhysOrg.com
April 19, 2010

Their numbers continue to expand. They are spreading throughout the Caribbean Sea. Eradication appears almost impossible. Even limited amounts of control will be extremely difficult, and right now the best available plan is to capture and eat them.

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Vince (SPSholic) recently gave a pictorial update on the aquarium of his fellow Korean reefing friend SoolSool. This aquarium is packed full of vibrant stony corals that are kept in bright pastel color state thanks to ZEOvit and aggressive skiming via ATB. While the corals may be too light in color for my tastes, it [...] Related posts:

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OLED Aquarium Lights may not exist yet but if these concept lights are any indication, the future of aquarium lighting could be very sleek. OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode and they work very similarly to LEDs except that the light emission is produced by a flat field rather than concentrated in a single [...]

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Marine Depot: Red Sea C-Skim 1800: Free Shipping & Free Hydor Pump - Premium Aquatics: premium Reef Fanatics 120W LED Pendant w/timeraquatics $499 TB Aquatics: Large Fish Trap $31.99 Coralmorphologic: LG Fluoro Red w/ Yellow-Aqua Disc St. Thomas Mushroom $149 Ocean Gallery II: Fowler’s Tang $139 Aquarium Specialty:Vertex Alpha VX-170 Cone Skimmer 220V $700 Cherry Corals: Super Red Scolymia $200 Bulk Reef [...]

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