Commercial protein skimmers are important pieces of equipment for the large facilities which hold and ship around the precious livestock that feeds the aquarium hobby. For decades the commercial protein skimmer market was dominated by large and inefficient venturi protein skimmer, simply…
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Two more Tunze Protein Skimmers get DC treatment
Perusing the new Tunze catalogs, we came across a couple already available protein skimmers that have been outfitted with DC pumps. The Tunze DOC 9410 DC and Tunze DOC 9430 DC are the latest direct current additions to the growing…
Tunze Tube Magnetic Holder says ditch the suction cups
Another thing we found when turning through the pages of the new Tunze cataloge was the simple but useful Tunze Tube Magnetic holder. We all know suction cups suck and its not a matter of if they fail, but when.…
Red Sea REEFER 250 Review part 1
For some of us, planning an aquarium system is a joy. It’s a process that allows us to makes list and complete tasks and people love making lists and checking off those tasks. For the rest of us planing an…
Seachem Biogen is the company’s first biopellet offering
Seachem Biogen biopellets is the first solid carbon dosing product from the venerable aquarium product manufacturer. Seachem has been on a tear of releasing new products lately, especially in the aquarium media and water purification category. Seachem Biogen biopellets follows on…
MRC xSeries Reactors brings commercial grade to hobbyist aquariums
The MRC xSeries Reactors is a new line of media reactors from one of America’s most trusted acrylic manufacturers, My Reef Creations. The new xSeries Reactors are just the tip of the iceberg for many new products we hope to see…
Seachem Reef Reactor media in Md and Lg grain sizes
Seachem Reef Reactor is a new natural form of high purity calcium reactor media. For a company that’s been in business for going on 35 years, we can’t imagine how it too Seachem so long to come out with such…
Vertex I-Supra C+ featured in video trailer
The Vertex I-Supra C+ is a radical new sump design from Vertex Aquaristik which takes the ‘kitchen sink’ approach to total reef aquarium filtration. While reef aquarium sumps have received intensive modernizing redesigns in recent years, the Supra C+ is the most…
Pro-Tein Clean is designed from the ground up to Plug & Play
The Pro-Tein Clean is a new protein skimmer with a novel design which promises truly plug & play operation. Now we’ve seen our fair share of protein skimmers promising to be completely free of hassle, adjustment, and maintenance, but the…
Royal Exclusiv Dreambox now with Closed Loop built-in
Reef aquarium sumps are getting nicer every year and Royal Exclusiv hasn’t been resting on their laurels. Royal Exclusiv kicked off the high performance sump arms race with their Dreambox and now you can get it with a ‘Closed Loop’…