Tunze is celebrating 50 years of making protein skimmers by showcasing one of their original protein skimmer designs at Interzoo 2014. It is crazy to thing Tunze has been in the skimmer business for half a century! The skimmer on…
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Tunze’s new internally mounted Comline DOC Skimmer 9012
The DOC Comline Skimmer 9012 from Tunze is a new take on the specialized internally mounted protein skimmer. Rated for aquariums from 50 to 300 gallons, the DOC Skimmer 9012 uses two magnets to secure the skimmer body to aquariums walls…
Skimmate Ghost protein skimmer is a concentration of innovative features
The SkimMate Ghost Protein skimmer from Innovative Marine is so intriguing it really makes us want the kind of all in one reef tank for which this device is designed. When Innovative Marine’s first SkimMate was launched over two years ago,…
CoralVue Elite Super Cone protein skimmers
The Reef Octopus Elite Super Cone Skimmer is the latest high capacity protein skimmer from the highly prolific Chinese marine aquarium company. The Elite Super Cone is essentially identical in specs to the recently announced Reef Octopus Prime skimmers save…
Nyos Quantum skimmer promises lots of refinement while looking outrageously cool
The Nyos Quantum protein skimmer is a familiar cone body design that is being presented in a wholly creative way with lots of refinement throughout its construction. The most striking thing about the Nyos Quantum skimmer is its nearly all-clear…
Don’t forget to clean your protein skimmer’s air silencer
As long as we’ve been reefing, it has always been well known and widely shared that is important to keep protein skimmer intakes clean. Whether you had a venturi or a needle wheel design protein skimmer, salt creep will accumulate…
Check out this crazy 3D printed protein skimmer
What do you do if you have access to a 3D printer and also are a reefer? You build some cool gadgets like this 3D printed protein skimmer designed to fit a plastic two liter bottle. These images were shared…
Helix 5000 by Orphek adds a twist on the needle wheel with a spinning “spring wheel”
The Helix 5000 protein skimmer from Orphek was first announced and revealed at MACNA but there’s been a whole lotta tinkering on the design in the intervening months. While the shape of the body and the pump are highly reminiscent…
AE Tech, maker of the famous ETSS skimmer seems to be out of business
While DT’s Plankton seems to be back from being out of commission, it is with regret that we report that another pioneer of the reefing hobby seems to have succumbed to the times. AE Tech makers of the original downdraft skimmer,…
Reef Octopus Prime skimmer is a near-perfect clone of the Vertex Omega
The Reef Octopus Prime protein skimmer is a new model from the Chinese manufacturer which bears an uncanny resemblance to one of last year’s best. Wine glass body shape, custom volute for not-a-Sicce pump, and that iconic red & white…