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Vitality, which is a “ vitamin, amino acid, and trace element supplement developed to address nutritional requirements commonly associated with long term closed system housing of marine ornamental fish” is now avaiablie through your LFS or through your local fish store. Retails for about $25 for 17oz bottle.

Ingredients: Water, spirulina (Spirulina platensis), chlorella (Chlorella pyrenoidosa), phosphoric acid, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, ascorbic acid, ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, zinc sulfate heptahydrate, copper sulfate pentahydrate, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide.

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You remember that mysterious aquarium seen in a Interzoo 2008 picture? Well lo-and-behold we have discovered that is actually called Aquarium Move which is made in Germany and only avaiable there at the present. Their catalog is avaiable here (warning PDF link) which displays a bevy of different options for your wall mounted aquarium. Sigh, if only we lived in Germany and be sure to check out the gallery below.

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After glancing over the multitude of pictures from Interzoo 2008, we did take notice of one picture show above that appears to be an aquarium on a wall. This apparently is a real aquarium and not some sort of fake coral display that we have seen elsewhere. It seems to be at least two feet tall and about 3 feet wide. The sign above does say “aquarium move”, perhaps a new aquarium in Germany?

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We first reported the Hydor Wavemaker 2 back in Febuary 2008 including video, fast foward about 4 months and Hydor has finally got around to releasing the Hydor wavemaker 4, which as the name suggests allows you to control 4 pumps. In addition to adding 2 additional pumps over their standard wavemaker 2, they are also adding a night mode which also states that there is an optional photo sensor which we have yet to hear anything about. In addition to this you now have a food mode which does as what most food modes do, stop the pump for a period of time. Unlike the Wavemaker 2, the new wavemaker 4 has a LCD screen (sweet!) so you can adjust or set programs to your liking, including which pump and speed (nice!). No word on price but we expect this to be under $200. The hydor wavemaker 4 is branded under Hydor’s “Professional Marine equipment” line which includes the performer protein skimmers and calcium reactors.

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Aquarium systems NewJet line which had already been released in Europe and the United Kingdom has finally landed in the US market. Available in a variety of sizes from 106 GPH for the 400 model all the way to 775 GPH for the 3000 model. Inside the United states however they are being marketed as part of the maxi jet line. The maxi jet utility line with the Marineland name. Pricing starts at $28 for the model 400. Already avaiable from your LFS or online.

Update: Two new model sizes the 4500 series and the 5000 series. No word on specs of if those models have hit the US market (we think they haven’t) and they don’t appear to be in the UK or Europe either…yet.

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Take this with a grain bucket of salt, but here is a new image from an alert tipster who shows what appears to be a new nano aquarium. Looks very similar to the Current Solana aquarium except that the main tank itself has a curved face or a bow. Interesting too is the matching aquarium stand to boot. With all of this leaves us thinking that their pendant lighting system (pictured) fits even better then their older (perhaps outgoing?) model. This nano aquarium would look very stylish in any office with the rounded or curved face. The image looks legit, keep crossing your fingers to hope that it gets released and not some sort of prototype.

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So after surviving the latest new aquarium gadgets to hit the industry, we thought it would be nice to do a recap of everything related to Interzoo 2008 that we covered.

Limulus’ new Caelum LED pendant

Limulus’ new full RGB LED pendant named Lyra

Tropic Marine V2 nano protein skimmer

Tropic Marine Centre AquaRay LED lighting

Fauna Marin Ultra Breed Rock commith

Fauna Marin Ultra AlgeaX released

Korallen-Zucht’s Revolution Mini Hang On Skimmer released

Preis Aquaristik new coral glue

Waterlife new test kits (Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, PH)

Ocean Nutrition Nano Reef Fish Food pellets

Ocean Nutrition Nano Reef Coral Food

Ocean Nutrition Freshly hatched baby brine shrimp food

AquaCare introduces phosphate reactor

Royal Exclusiv Red Dragon II in the wild

Royal Exclusiv drops adjustable brushless DC skimmer pump

Azoo new Ecodesk Aquariums (think coffee tables)

Grotech Alge Natur Leaves (Algae Sheets)

Red Sea Max 250 - 66 gallon aquarium

Sfiligoi new Stealth line LEDs + T5’s

Sfiligoi new Zenith HQI and T5 Wagon Light

Sfiligoi from Italy introduces updated Stealth light units

Elos e-power pendants with optional e-lite LED’s

Elos NS 100 protein skimmer

Elos NS 2000 Protein Skimmer

Tunze Nanobox announced

Tunze Needlewheel skimmer 9410 with new pumps

Tunze Multicontroller 7096 due November 2008

Tunze announces TURBELLE® Stream 2 powerhead available late summer 2008

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Aqua C released the RX-1 Calcium reactor back in December 2007. Since then it has been getting mixed reviews, however we didn’t pick it up when it was released. Specs include: - 8.25″ x 9″ footprint, 16″ tall, Giant media chamber, Reverse flow, Recirculating CO2, pH probe holder, Eheim 1250 pump, JG fittings throughout., Sch. 80 PVC and unions throughout, Large union lid for quick and easy media addition, abdSMC valve for precise effluent control. Retails for $429.

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Since other recent Tunze pricing has been released it is fitting for the last non controllable new Tunze stream 2 pump to get a rumored price point. Hitting the United States at $270 and pushing a full 3,170 GPH, a full 1,000 GPH higher then the 6065 series while still only using 24 watts. For aquariums up to 528 gallons. Now, if we could only get pricing on the 6105 (3,434 GPH), 6205 (5,811 GPH) and 6305 (7,925 GPH) which are all controllable, we would be real happy campers.

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The reefkeeper elite manual in draft form has been posted. You can view it here (warning PDF link). The whole guide is about 37 pages, but it gives you a good idea of how many features this new unit packs. Now if we could only get a sample unit to arrive at our doorstep.

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Continuing with the Tunze Turbelle Stream 2 preorder madness, the 6085 series which is not controllable (the 6105, 6205, and 6205 are conrollable) should hit America at or around $202. The 6085 comes with your standard Tunze design (pictured), featuring the ultra cool .74 thickness maximum for glass or acrylic tanks. Pushing 2,113 GPH and sipping only 14 watts, your corals are bound to love the flow this pump delivers. For aquariums up to 265 gallons.

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Seems some internet retailers can’t wait to take pre-orders of the new Tunze Turbelle stream 2 pump. The 6065 (pictured) is rumored to hit the states at or around the $160 price point, pushing 1717 GPH and only using 12 watts. Thats not a bad deal considering the magnet will support itself up to .74 thick glass. For aquariums from 66 to 211gallons.

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NF Metal, a new product released by EcoSystem aquarium strives to take care of your aquariums metal needs. ECO NF Metal has been specially formulated to replenish these trace elements to ensure the continued rapid growth and well-being of the organisms in a reef aquarium. The special blend of trace elements helps bring out the natural blue, red, and yellow in your corals. The ECO NF Metal additive is designed to be immediately bio-available to all the animals in the aquarium for fast results. So what metals are we here talking about? Manganese, Zinc, Potassium, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium are all included in the bottle. We let you decide if your reef doesn’t have enough metal. No word on price or release date.

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We know what your thinking, how can you add a little light to your aquarium with a submersible LED lighting system? EcoSystem aquarium has you all taken care of with their new fully submersible LED light strip. Avaiable in 4 colors including Moonlight Blue, white, red and blue. Comes with a 10′ power cord and built in air stone if you dare and of course suction cups. If you do decide to put this in your reef tank, do us all a favor and don’t opt for the air stone connection.

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Back in April we confirmed that Euro Reef was working on some sort of hang on the back protein skimmer. They said that they were basically putting that on the shelf for another project to be finished first. The other project apparently was the nano skimmer seen above. They also are in the beta phase right now and this should be available later this year. Rumor is price should hit retail between $60-$119.

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