Cove I-120 is the company’s smallest protein skimmer to date

Cove has been making a name for itself as one of the most prominent protein skimmer brands to use the venerable AquaBee needle wheel pumps. The company has a wide ranging catalog of protein skimmer sizes and they’ve recently added…

Homemade DIY Glass Protein Skimmer Is Simple, Fun & Efficient!

We like sophisticated, high performance protein skimmers as much, if not more than, the next guy. But we’ve never lost that love for the simple air driven protein skimmers which can be easily assembled from everyday items (for an aquarist). …

Unannounced Bubble King ‘Micro Skimmer’ Spotted At Royal Exclusiv Factory

Thanks to the eagle eyed observers at Emoceans we’ve gotten ahold of the first picture of a yet unannounced new protein skimmer series from Royal Exclusiv. These small protein skimmers are about as small as we’d ever expect to see…

ReefGlass nano air driven protein skimmer

ReefGlass is a new company that has started offering a small glass protein skimmer for nano tanks. The ReefGlass is more or less an american-made copy of the Mame Glass protein skimmer that nano-reefers lusted over several years ago. While…

Bubble Magus QQ2 protein skimmer shines in shallow frag tanks

The Bubble Magus QQ2 is a new nano internal protein skimmer which has a lot going for it. The plastic-molded QQ2 is the technical sibling to the Bubble Magus QQ1 which is a small hang on protein skimmer with a…

Reviewing the tiny and efficient Tunze DOC Skimmer 9001

Nano aquariums have been growing in popularity and new equipment and technology are finally making it easier to have a slice of the ocean on your desk.  During Interzoo, Tunze released multiple nano gadgets that turned heads and the Tunze…

JBJ releasing new SK-45 protein skimmer

The new JBJ SK-45 protein skimmer is a nan0-sized skimmer designed for use in smaller aquariums up to 45 gallons. Considering JBJ also makes one of the more popular all-in-one systems, the SK-45 nano skimmer is ideal for use in…

CAD Lights PLS-50 a perfect pipeless nano skimmer

Besides the news that CAD Lights is releasing larger, conical pipeless protein skimmers we also learned the company has made a nano version of the pipeless skimmer we felt deserved its own post. We’ve noted before how impressed we were…

ATB Mini Mikro skimmer introduces air stones to bubble plates

The ATB Mini Mikro skimmer is a new in sump design from ATB which is not to be confused with the ATB Nano or the ATB Mikro skimmer lines. However, the ATB Mini Mikro skimmer does incorporate features of both…

New video of the CAD Lights pipeless skimmer reveals the pipe-free trick

The CAD Lights Pipeless skimmer is one of the more unique and unusual protein skimmer designs to surface in quite some time. Although we’ve known about the Pipeless for some a little while it’s only now that we have uncovered how the new…