Sicce is no stranger to protein skimmer production. Its Syncra SK pumps are the beating heart of many leading skimmer models, as well as working closely with manufacturers such as Tunze, Red Sea, and Seachem on their own designs. But for this project at least, the fifty-year-old family business has put their own name on two skimmers and integrated them into the Shark brand of internal canister filters.
Like the shark filters, shark skimmers share the black, cubic design and large, easy magnet mount, both models being aimed being fitted inside the main display aquarium (for reef tanks that aren’t drilled with a sump,) or inside the filter section in the back of an All-In-One. That means they have to stay small, the 150 model being just 2.6” wide, 4.7” long, and 9.6” high, and the 300 model being 3.3”x4.9”x9.6” high. The 150 and 300 numbers refer to the maximum size of mixed reef that they can be used on (40 and 80 US gallons,) although in reality these nano skimmers will likely be used on much smaller water volumes, despite being capable of sticking to glass that’s 15mm thick.
The two models draw in 40 and 45 US gallons of air respectively, with power consumption of just four and five watts. Being small, both models use Instant Skimming, the bubbles traveling only a short distance up to the collection cup, although the 300 model also has a surface skimmer that will drag the film down off the water surface before skimming it off – useful when installed in the main display. The bigger model is ozone-friendly too. This Instant Skimming is more plankton friendly says Sicce and the impeller comprises multiple flat blades, instead of needles.
Shark skimmers will offer a very easy freshwater-to-marine conversion by just clamping inside the corner of any tank, and we see these being recommended to beginners too.
