New Avast Marine CS3 Cone Skimmer Kit made for your larger tank
The new Avast Marine CS3 Cone Skimmer Kit is an ideal way to get a stellar protein skimmer at a great price while satisfying your appetite for DIY. The CS3 cone skimmer is probably one of Avast Marine’s best ‘YouBuilt’ line of assembly-required aquarium products offering an incredible value for the mechanically inclined. Coming in either Read More
Eshopps debuts the S300 Cone Skimmer
The Eshopps S300 is a larger new protein skimmer with a beefy spec sheet. Eshopps is growing their Cone skimmer family with a larger model, and including some new features. The new S300 protein skimmer is powered with a Sicce PSK1200 pump, and includes a new bubble plate design. The design comprises of several layers Read More
Vertex Omega 150 internal ‘wine glass’ cone skimmer comes to U.S.
The Vertex Omega 150 internal cone skimmer is the newest vertex skimmer to enter US the market. We covered the big brother of the Omega 150 more than two years ago at Interzoo, which is an external model and featured a controllable Red Dragon DC pump. The Omega 150 cone skimmer however is built with more Read More
You’d never believe this cone skimmer is DIY
Whether it is the $1 Mame Nano skimmer, or the traffic cone skimmer we’re big fans of cheap, DIY protein skimmers. Rather than the ghetto fabulous skimmers we covered previously however, the skimmer built in this tutorial is totally legit. The tutorial is mostly in Mandarin, but contains enough pictures to be comprehensible even without Read More
Aqua Special NANO Cone Skimmer
The Aqua Special NANO series protein skimmers may have the word nano attached to it but this Polish-built skimmer is rated for aquariums from 100 to 500 liters (26 to 132 US gallons). Using the standard features we like in skimmers — bubble diffuser, silencer, skimmate overflow guide and presumably some sort of way to adjust Read More
RLSS Skimmers are loaded with features yet priced for the masses (updated video)
RLSS Skimmers are one of the few to be powered by adjustable DC pumps, in this case the Waveline DC-5000, yet they are loaded with great features at a price that doesn’t make them status symbols. Coming in a few sizes of internal and external models, the RLSS Skimmers feature a conical reaction chamber, a wide Read More
AVAST Marine CS1 cone skimmer kits now available in smokey black, gets recirc option
The AVAST Marine Works CS1 cone skimmer kit was already one nifty, affordable option for a skimmer and now its available in the stealthy “black pearl” cone design as well. We saw this option at Reef Stock in March but its finally nice to see this option available on the market. Besides just looking great Read More
CAD Lights new cone skimmers are efficient, quiet and made in the USA
The CAD Lights new Cone Skimmers share a design with many OEM skimmers but these fractionators are made in America and more machined parts than molded ones. The new cone skimmers have an OEM pump for which CAD Lights designs a soft needle wheel impeller and volute and the body is made from high quality Read More
CS2 ‘Black Pearl’ recirculating cone protein skimmer is part of Avast Marine’s high-end Captain’s Reserve line
The CS2 ‘Black Pearl’ protein skimmer is a new high performance foam fractionator from Avast Marine Works that shows off the direction of their new high end ‘Captain’s Reserve’ line. Not only does the CS2 Black Pearl have all the bells and whistles a protein skimmer can have, it’s also a rare breed of recirculating Read More
Diablo cone skimmer coming in October from Reef Octopus
The Diablo Cone Skimmer from Reef Octopus is a new protein remover with that familiar tapering cone shape that has come to dominate many new skimmer designs. We first spied an completely different version of the Diablo cone skimmer back in March and the configuration of it has completely changed. An internally mounted Sicce PSK Read More