Slowing down for success, the patient reefer’s way to “pre-stock” a tank

Having set up more than a few reef systems in my time, I never seem to be surprised at my true hobbyist impatience! Let’s face it—once we get the plumbing done, the lighting tweaked, leaks sealed, and aquascaping set, we’re…

Vertex Alpha Cone Skimmer 170, 200 specifications

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…

Royal-Exclusiv Vertex Alpha Cone Skimmers 170 / 200 / 300

Hot off the heels of the Vertex Alpha 250 cone skimmer announcement we receive word that the Alpha 250 is just one of many Vertex cone skimmers produced by Royal Exclusiv. There are 3 new models, 170, 200 and 300.…

Alpha 250 cone skimmer totally splayed out in newly released pictures

Although the Vertex Alpha 250/BK Cone skimmer was notably absent at the Marine Aquarium Expo a little while back, these newly minted intimate photos of the Alpha 250 are a good sign that indeed these skimmers are bound for their…

Vertex Cone Skimmer by Royal Exclusiv gets final specs

While the reef keeping world stood still for a while we broke the news of a cone skimmer made by Royal Exclusiv we were missing quite a lot of much needed details on this skimmer. Thankfully Royal Exclusiv has informed…

Interzoo Germany 2008 round up

So after surviving the latest new aquarium gadgets to hit the industry, we thought it would be nice to do a recap of everything related to Interzoo 2008 that we covered. Limulus’ new Caelum LED pendant Limulus’ new full RGB…

Tank of the Month: February 2008, Reef Builders Member: Carym

In October of 2004, started with a smaller 30 gallon reef setup, still have some of the same corals and fish that I started with in that tank, but it was always a dream of mine to do a saltwater…