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Aqua Design Amano’s Nature Aquarium Gallery on Film

Check out this clip of Aqua Design Amano’s (ADA) beautiful Nature Aquarium Gallery in Nigita, Japan. See why Takashi Amano’s work has established his name throughout the world.

Logos | Ocean Inspired Art & Design #3

I’m a sucker for cheeky logo designs. Recently the Brazilian design blog Abduzeedo featured a nice line up of animal inspired logos–many of which included some marine themes. It spurred me to think of logo designs seen throughout the aquarium industry–they are often an afterthought. Here are some creative, yet simple,  fish / aquaria / [...]

Rimless Display from Aqua System Begs for Mangroves

Making a refugium or lagoonal display tank is not necesarily a new idea, but few people actually execute on the display portion. From what I have seen, it  typically becomes a standard refugium or the temptation is too great to create a full blown reef. I think that’s why I love this open topped rimless [...]

Desktop Nanos Rejoice | No Messy Cords with PowerBridge

Despite their compact size, nano aquariums often end up having nearly as many powercords as their larger counterparts. One or two for lights, another for a pump, add in additional flow with a powerhead or stream pump and a mess can be had. This goes against the allure of a desktop nano, that is it [...]

Beautiful French Elos Build by Neoquarium

This 450 L Elos reef was installed by the French aqua specialists at Neoquarium. The home already incorporated plenty of clean contemporary lines, but the rimless Elos Aquarium and raw aluminum in the wall mounted Elos eLites certainly adds a touch of class. This is the first time we’ve seen the eLite mounted in this [...]

Giesemann IQ Rimless Nano: Looks Good, Priced High

Giesemann has recently launched their IQ Nano aquarium, aimed at the freshwater plated and nano-reef crowd. The tank itself measure in at 400 x 400 x 400mm (16.74″) holding roughly 17 gallons (65 liters) of water. The IQ features a built in overflow and return, both of which are drilled through the bottom and can [...]