The new Vertex Lumina LED that we showed you earlier has graduated to a low quality demo video. From the video we’ve learned that the new model called the Lumina SR has a “lightstudio” allowing you to control different aspects of the light to adjust it to your particular needs/wants. The Vertex branded Lumina includes [...]
Vertex is getting into the LED lighting game with their new Lumina LED lighting fixture. At first glance the Lumina is a very flat looking LED light with a nice black coating and red LCD screen of sorts. However with this gives you options you would expect such as wireless control and possibly dimming in [...]
Those OEM Royal Exclusiv cone skimmers, named Alpha with the Vertex brand name on them are said to be pretty popular. So popular in fact that a few of our reef cousins have wanted to get on in the action. Up to this point they couldn’t as the skimmers would only sport a 120v connection. [...]
Vertex releases their new RX 6 calcium reactor which is designed for aquariums up to 280 gallons. This beefy calcium reactor has a nice selection of features including: advanced reverse-flow design, all John Guest fittings, pecision Vertexâ„¢ needle valve, large bubble counter, onboard pH probe port, quick-lock lids, CO2 dissolution chamber prior to main reaction [...]
If you’ve already seen the WavySeas “wavemakers” then you there is much else to know about the Mocean 2000 and 3500 from Vertex Aquaristik. Apart from the fact that Wavyseas is basically AWOL and their popular oscillating water outlet is no longer widely available, the Mocean still retains even the same branding as it’s predecessor. [...]
We received word that the Alpha 170 cone skimmers known as Kone have begun arriving to retailers and have begun shipping. One of the first retailers to get their mits on these new guys is Premium Aquatics. In case you’ve forgotten about everything the Alpha 170 brings to the table you can browse our previous [...]
It wasn’t too long ago we brought you the first pictures of the Alpha Cone series including hands on shots and video, but the Alpha 250 ’s smaller sibling the Alpha 200 has begun to ship. The photo above gives a great comparison shot of the Alpha 250 and Alpha 200 in size. One trick [...]
While we knew about the Alpha 200 and Alpha 170 cone skimmers we didn’t have anything in the specifications department. Thankfully, information about these skimmers has surfaced. We had thought that the Alpha 170 would be much smaller than quoted with a footprint of 9″ x 13.75″ it takes a bit of space, but most [...]
The Bubble King Cone aka the Vertex Alpha 250 Kone is an absolute powerhouse in terms of efficiency and power. The muffler is almost magical in how much sound it muffles whether it is drawing  1500 or 1800 lph air. The skimmer in this video has been broken in for a few days (it was [...]
