GuideReviews Index

Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Classic Protein Skimmer
A product review from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on the compact, powerhead water pump driven, in-sump Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Classic Protein Skimmer for aquariums up to 500 gallons in size.

Aqua Medic Midiflotor Protein Skimmer
A product review from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on the compact, hang-on-tank, air driven counter current Aqua Medic Midiflotor Protein Skimmer suitable for aquariums up to 100 gallons in size.

Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Multi Protein Skimmer
A product review from your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums on the compact, venturi pump driven, hang-on outside or inside tank as well as sump mounted Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Multi Protein Skimmer suitable for aquariums from 120 up to 250 gallons in size.

PhosGuard
A product review of Seachem PhosGuard a product which removes phosphates from aquarium water.

Penguin Powerheads
The Penguin Powerheads are well known in the industry as being well built units which will give many years of good use. With the use of the sponge filter, and the addition of the optional reverse flow feature, these units will drive a UGF system, allowing only filtered water to enter the gravel.

Poly-Filter Pad Material
A Product Review of Poly-Filter Pad Material.

MultiTest & Reef Status Series Test Kits
A product review of the SeaChem MultiTest Reef Status Series Test Kits.

Mini-Lab Series Test Kits by Red Sea
There are mixed reports on these test kits by Red Sea, from being great in all aspects, to the total opposite of being of poor quality and notoriously inaccurate. So are they a good choice, or bad?

Dry-Tab Test Kits by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals
By Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, these dry tablet reagent test kits are a top choice of many aquarists that maintain a fish-only or FOWLR system, but are also favorable amongst reef keepers as well.

Kordon AquaTru Test Kits by Novalek
With all the standard water tests available, this line from Novalek seems to be overlooked by many aquarists, but in our opinion can be considered comparable in almost every way with Aquarium Systems' test kits.

fasTest® / Instant Ocean® Test Kits
Aquarium Systems has taken their ever-popular fasTesT Saltwater and SeaTest Reef lines of water testing kits and grouped them into one line, now named Instant Ocean® Test Kits. Nothing has changed about these products, except that rather than having to buy separate Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate tests, these are now simply combined as two-in-one Ammonia-Nitrite and Nitrate-Phosphate kits. As before you can buy individual pH, Alkalinity, Calcium, and Copper tests, and multi-test kits.

Hagen Test Kits
This line of test kits by the Rolf C. Hagen Corp. have simple to use liquid solutions and a full line of both basic saltwater and reef testing kits available to choose from. They are said to be easy to use and fairly accurate, but some may find it hard to read the color comparisons.

TetraTest Kits
This line of liquid solution reagent test kits by Tetra are simple to use, said to provide accurate readings, and the contrasting and differing color comparisons make them extremely easy to to read.

Liquid Test Kits by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals
Just as popular with aquarists as the Dry-Tab® line above, this line of test kits by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals uses liquid solution testing reagents.

Salifert Pro-Test Kits
Made in Holland, Salifert test kits are said to be a little more complex and costly to use than other brands. However, they are touted by many aquarists, particularly reef keepers, as being the best choice on the market because of the wide range of both basic and reef water tests available, and their precisioned accuracy.

Powersweep Powerheads/Wavemakers
Powersweep Powerheads are the only automatic rotating powerheads on the market. Requiring no extra electronics, these units are the most inexpensive wavemakers available. Although users reported that the first production models were experiencing problems, the later models seem to be functioning much better.

Aquarium Currents Sea Swirl
Aquarium Currents Sea Swirl Product Review

Wavemaster Pro Wavemaker
Wavemaster Pro Wavemaker Product Review

Tetra Submersible Aquarium Heaters
The Whisper and HT model submersible heaters by Tetra are designed specifically for heating small aquariums of 2 to 30 gallons in size. Both models are durable and simple to operate, especially the HT units, because these have an electronic thermostat that automatically adjusts heat output to keep the water at a constant 78°F. All you have to do is put it in the aquarium and plug it in! If you need to heat a mini or nano reef tank, one of these Tetra heaters would be ideal.

Nutramatic Automatic Feeder
This sleek looking digital automatic feeder can be easily programmed to feed up to twice per day. It can also be overridden for manual operation. This auto feeder can handle flake, pellet or freeze-dried foods while it prevents aquarium moisture from spoiling the food or clogging the feeder. The small sized feeder model can be upgraded to a jumbo size. The feeder operates from 2 AA batteries.

Fish Mate F14 Automatic Feeder
The easy-to-use 24-hour timer provides 1-4 meals a day for up to 14 days and allows adjustable feed quantity and timing. Slow-dispense action dispenses flake, pellet, freeze-dried or tablet foods as well as medications over a gradual 2 hour period. Hooking an air pump to the feeder controls moisture keeping the food fresh and clump free.

Eheim 3581 "Feed-Air" Digital Automatic Feeder
The 3581 "Feed-Air" Digital Automatic Feeder lives up to the Eheim name. Every feature possible is built in to this attractive unit. The electronically controlled programming allows up to four daily feeding cycles of flake or granular foods, with a choice of a single portion, double portions with a 1 minute interval, or manual override. All programmed choices, including selected feeding times, are easy to read on a large LCD/Clock screen. And that's not all!

Rainbow Lifegard Auto Feeder
An easy to use automatic feeder which can dispense either flake, freeze-dried or pellet foods one to 4 times per day. With the addition of the optional food hopper, this unit will continue to dispense food for up to 4 months. This unit runs off of standard house current and has no moisture control feature.

Daily Double Automatic Fish Feeder
This is a simple to operate auto feeder. Battery powered, it feeds twice per day for up to 4 weeks. There is no moisture control feature included with this feeder. If you are looking for a bare bones, no frills automatic feeder that is almost fool proof, this might be the feeder for you.

Spectrapure 3 Stage MaxPure MPRO R.O.
Spectrapure 3 Stage MaxPure MPRO R.O. Product Review