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InterZoo 2008 Tunze Release

InterZoo, a large trade show dedicated to the care of pets, is where the European heavy weights in the marine aquaria hobby release there latest and greatest. Roger Vitko, owner of TunzeUSA, was kind enough to take a step away to share some of Tunze’s (pronounced toon-zah) newest product developments with his loyal customer base…
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The Infinity Aquarium

BCXSY has done something I’ve always dreamed of doing, they’ve created what may be the first multi-faceted aquarium. The angular form creates a mirror effect, generating a real cubist image.
The angles remind us greatly of one our our favorite artists DAIM. If you don’t know who DAIM is (pronounced “dime”) check his work out.
 
 
 
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Fan Options - Tunze

Fans can be a great tool to cool your reef and eliminate the need of a costly chiller. Unfortunately, there are not very many fan options out there that fit in with rimless tanks.  There are the profilux aluminums and azoo clip ons…but they are a bit distracting.
We found this Aquawind fan made by Tunze […]

New Vortech MP20

I must admit we haven’t paid must attention to Vortech’s due to our needs. I’ve used Tunze’s in the past and I suppose we’re just comfortable with them… with that said the MP20 may change that. Check your favorite online stores, many are taking pre-orders.
At $295 that are not “cheap” but they will hit the […]

proline auger style zeovit reactor

Proline is smart. Very smart. Knowing height restrictions under stands is always a problem they came up with this screw drive zeovit reactor to release the mulm from the zeolites. (They can turn in both directions to eliminate jams.) The 1.5L and 3L models are only 18″ tall,  with the 5L at 23″ making a comfortable […]

achieved through observation and experimentation

With out digging deeply into the scientific area of this, the goal of bacterioplankton systems such as Carbon dosing, Prodibio, Ultralith and Zeovit is to grow bacteria in order to consumer phosphates and nitrates, which are then exported via a protein skimmer. This can be achieved with simple carbon dosing such as sugar, or more […]