Marine Depot

The “fishless cycle” is designed to establish biological filtration before any marine life is added. This method relies on a higher initial ammonia dose to “force feed” the bacteria and develop a substantial biofilter before adding livestock.

The Trident from Neptune Systems is an automated testing system that regularly tests alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium in your saltwater aquarium — and then communicates this information to your Apex so you can get alerts, and change your dosing.

Not all aquarium life requires the same water parameters. It is critical for success to know which species you are keeping, their water requirements, and what your water quality levels are. Check out these guidelines for fresh and saltwater tanks!

Share your ideas with The Subcommittee on Aquaculture to help them assess national needs for aquaculture research and assistance, coordinate aquaculture programs of Federal agencies, advance aquaculture R&D and technology transfer.

For this ammonia test kit evaluation, we used a “blind” three-person test panel. The water samples contained known lab-prepared ammonia levels. But none of the people using the kits had any idea what the levels were.

Filtering your tank using “algae to fight algae” has gained popularity in recent years. In Part 2 of a multi-part series, we discuss the pros and cons of buying an algae scrubber vs. building one. This guest post was researched and written by our friends at Santa Monica Filtration.

The Hydros Wave Engine allows pumps from different brands to work together to provide an integrated flow management system. You can use a VorTech at one end of your tank and a Maxspect Gyre at the other—and have them work together!

Aqua Medic moved all the computer components from the pump into the controller itself. There have also been improvements made to the impeller and body designs that have resulted in near silent operation. Plus 0-10v connectivity!

Yesterday Red Sea released a bunch of new information about their smart reef lighting systems, the ReefLED 50 and the ReefLED 90. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so we put together this blog post to share everything we’ve learned so far.

EcoTech Marine announced the Vectra 2 today, which is the second generation of their controllable DC return pumps. We’ll share all the announcement details and imagery in this blog post and tell you what’s changed and what’s stayed the same!