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First look at Warner Marine’s blue-trimmed MF series cone protein skimmers

Warner Marine’s Skimz-built cone protein skimmers are almost ready for release and in these final production shots you can see how Warner has made these skimmers their own. The Warner Marine MFseries cone protein skimmers are based off the Skimz Monzter design, from the base plate with integrated outflow to the bayonnet fitting neck for Read More

Skimz Leopard’s inverted cone within a cone may be the least turbulent yet

The Skimz Leopard skimmer has finally been unveiled here at Aquarama in Singapore and the inverted cone is nothing to scoff at. Rising above the bubble plate, the inverted cone ingeniously guides all incoming water an bubbles against the sides of the cone skimmer body, while skimmed water descends down the inverted cone and exits Read More

Avast Marine Stealth cone skimmer kit is one nifty skimmer

The Avast Marine CS1 Cone Skimmer Kit is already a great value for a cone skimmer but we were able to get a look at the “Stealth” cone the company shipped out to Reef Stock. Made from a smoky acrylic instead of your typical clear, the Stealth Cone skimmer will help literally keep your reaction Read More

PegLeg Cone Skimmer is a DIY protein skimmer kit from Avast Marine

The PegLef skimmer is the 2011 edition of the Avast Marine DIY cone skimmer kit. The new DIY avast marine skimmer has a drastically reduced footprint, with the pump underneath the skimmer instead of on the side. Although the footprint on the PegLeg has decreased to 10 inches x 9 inches, the skimmer did gain some Read More

Bubble Magus Hero looking to be a refined semi-cone protein skimmer

The Bubble Magus Hero skimmer is the latest incarnation of protein skimmers from the busy Chinese company. The ink is barely dry on the new Bubble Magus cone skimmers we recently wrote about and here comes another model from the company. We’re not sure exactly why they dubbed this skimmer line the Hero but a few Read More

Closer look at new Bubble Magus cone skimmers

The new Bubble Magus line of BM series cone skimmers we brought you recently were on hand at the Sea Side Aquatics booth at Reef-A-Palooza the other week. We were able to get in close and take a few snapshots of this affordable skimming beast. You still see many of the same features on the other Bubble Read More

Warner Marine partners with Skimz on upcoming MF-Series skimmers

Warner Marine has partnered with Singapore-based Skimz on the upcoming MF-Series protein skimmers being unveiled at Reef-A-Palooza this weekend. For those of you waiting for the Skimz to reach North America, the new Warner Marine MF-Series skimmers are definitely worth checking out. Similar in styling the the Skimz skimmers we’ve been eying for the last few months, the Read More

New Bubble Magus cone skimmers coming to North America

Bubble Magus has come out with a new series of cone protein skimmers under the BM line featuring the Atman PH series of pumps. The new skimmers include the Bubble Magus BM-180, BM-180EX and the BM-220 and either the Atman PH3000 (BM-180) or PH4000 (BM-180EX and BM-220) pump. The skimmers feature an all-white motif with Read More

Skimz KONE SK181 the newest E-Series internal protein skimmer from Singapore

The Skimz KONE SK181 is the first protein skimmer in the company’s E-Series line of internal products. Earlier this month we brought you the external line of E-Series skimmers from this Singapore-based company and for those of you looking for an in-sump version, this sleek skimmer just might be up your alley. More details and Read More

SWC 160 cone skimmer still rockin after 6 months of solid performance

When a protein skimmer like the SWC 160 cone comes along with over 20″ of conical reaction height, a decent pump and a price that seems way to good to be true, we gotta admit we tried out the SWC cone skimmers just waiting for that other shoe to drop. For the non-native English speakers Read More

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