Aquavitro Division Skimmer Review – A Return to the Fundamentals of Protein Skimming

The Aquavitro Division skimmer is an exciting new product from Seachem that strives to provides an ideal balance of features for a surprising price. Right off the bat it’s clear that these new Division skimmers are not going to be…

Fragging Duncan Coral and Installing the UltraReef Skimmer

There’s never any shortage of things to do around the Reef Builders Studio and topics to bring to the Reef Builders Studio video series. Instead of focusing on a single thing this week, we thought we’d combine two different topics…

Akula UKS Skimmer by Ultra Reef is a Work of Art

Ultra Reef has been making protein skimmers for over a decade, but being based in Europe the only time we ever got to spend with these fractionating machines was brief stints during trips to Europe. Well finally we have our…

2020 Edition of the Typhoon Skimmer by Ultra Reef

As we’ve seen with the entry level Borei skimmer and the small footprint Akula models, Ultra Reef takes great pride in constantly improving their protein skimmers year over year, and this is especially true of their flagship Typhoon range. The Typhoon…

The Akula UKS ‘Ultra Compact Skimmer’ from Ultra Reef

The Akula Ultra Kompact Skimmer from Ultra Reef is an updated mid-range line of protein skimmers packing just as many goodies as the entry level Borei skimmer we introduced last week. AS the name implies, the ultra compact design is…

Reefer Skimmer Review: Red Sea Still Knows How To Make Them Great

When checking out new gear at the reef shows and conferences, it’s very easy to become glazed over about so many very similar looking devices, especially protein skimmers. The Red Sea Reefer Skimmer is one such product that may look…

Reefer Skimmers by Red Sea

Reefer is a new line of protein skimmers from Red Sea which are designed to work perfectly with their Red Sea Max and Reefer line of saltwater aquariums. While they don’t push the state of the art, the Red Sea…

Eshopps S-Series Premier Line Protein Skimmers get a complete overhaul

The Eshopps S Series has been through a few iterations over its life, and today the company announced the newest generation of their premier line of protein skimmers. The 2017 S Series has been completely overhauled to accentuate the features…

Tunze controller and Calcium Reactor join the list of new releases for InterZoo 2016

A Tunze Controller and a new Calcium reactor seem like they’ll be in the cards for big reveals next week. Tunze is playing hard to get leading up to this year’s InterZoo and they are continuing to tease us with tantalizing…

Top 10 most overpriced reef aquarium products

It’s no secret that the keeping saltwater fish and live corals in aquariums can be a very expensive hobby. Like any other hobby or purchase in general, the old adage “you get what you pay for” is generally true. Whether you…