The march of the DC controllable skimmer pumps is in full swing, with the Reef Octopus DC-X being one of the first to market with the new open volute design. You may recall that towards the end of last year there was a flurry of new DC skimmers announced with an open volute style pump, Read More

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Reef Octopus has been exceptionaly busy producing a steady flow of new protein skimmer designs and models over the last few years we can expect even more. Using a powerful, controllable DC water pump which is indistinguishable from the Waveline DC pump that rocked 2012, Reef Octopus is planning to release no fewer than 11 Read More

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The Professional Open Volute (POV) from Reef Octopus is the latest protein skimmer to feature a DC pump. With a space saving design, and internal DC pump it strongly reminds us of the new semi-pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC series we covered merely a couple days ago but what it really reminds us of the RLSS Read More

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  The Reef Octopus BioChurn reactors are some very interesting bio-pellet spinning machines. When they first announced, we were not entirely sure how exactly they were supposed to work, but from the few available videos it was clear at least something was working. Shortly available on the market Coral Vue decided to clear things up Read More

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Reef Octopus is now also jumping on the DC pump bandwagon with their improved Diablo Skimmers. The DC pump of choice for Reef Octopus? You guessed it, the all so familiar Waveline DC pumps. Interesting timing as seems just mere minutes since we covered the ATB Airstar controllable DC pump this morning. We made the case that DC Read More

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BioChurn Biopellet reactors are the latest biopellet reactors released by Reef Octopus through their US distributor CoralVue. The new line of BioChurn Biopellet reactors externally look externally very similar to other reactors, but promise advanced design that allows a more stable contact time and less pressure. How exactly the BioChurn reactors achieve their promised improvements Read More

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The Reef Octopur hang on Zeovit reactor joins a huge and growing stable of aquarium products from the Chinese company. With the high popularity of hang on back skimmers and media reactors, it’s no surprise that Zeovit reactors also received the hang on back reactor treatment. We’re actually a bit surprised that it has taken Read More

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We covered the Reef Octopus Luxury 90 aquarium earlier this year as the company more known for budget-friendly equipment ventured into a more luxurious product line and we’ve finally seen some of these aquariums hit the market stateside. Salty Supply posted these images of the Reef Octopus Luxury 90 that they are setting up in their Read More

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  CoralVue has released stackable neck extensions for Reef Octopus protein skimmers giving you the ability to improve your current skimmer by adjusting the dwell time or to allow for higher internal water height settings. We saw a prototype of these modular neck extensions last year on the LSS Laboratory blog and it is nice Read More

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Reef Octopus has unveiled it foray into the luxury aquarium and stand market. Considering the company’s other range of products, the term luxury may be a stretch compared to brands like Elos or Vitrea but the Reef Octopus luxury aquariums may hold some promise for the aquarist looking to save a little but still have Read More

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