Cone skimmers, meshwheels and bubble plates are what we tend to compare in most skimmers nowadays but we often forget just how well some previous technologies worked. This strange looking prototype protein skimmer looks to be a downdraft or Beckett design that…
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New milled reflector addition to JBJ Unibody LED increases PAR and decreases light spillage
Using high output LEDs with only their primary optic is a great way to avoid weird color mixing and getting a good spread but unfortunately this also allows a lot of light loss and spillage. You could add secondary optics…
ATB Elegance 220 is one impressive skimmer
ATB has always produced some of our favorite protein skimmers and the new ATB Elegance 220 looks to be another in a line of solid performers. With a footprint around 410 x 260 mm (16.15 x 10.25 in.) and suitable for…
Up close and personal with a Warner Marine MF201 protein skimmer
The Warner Marne MF Series protein skimmers represent at least three years of research in design and manufacturing (that we know of). What started out as the Warner Marine K1 and K2 cone body protein skimmer made by JNS are…
ATB skimmer pot cleaning system caught on video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMN01p6Ne0Q[/youtube] We first spotted the Pot Cleaning System on the ATB Super Size skimmer back in 2010, and we got to see the Pot Cleaning System up close on the ATB Elegance 250 Pro during Aquarama. Now we got our…
Marcy’s reef is full of sweet azoox corals
At Reef builders we are huge fans of azoox reef aquariums because they are unique and quite simply they’re just hot. This neat little Japanese 170L (45 US gallons) tank is no exception. The huge variety of Tubastraea, Dendrophilia and…
DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 gets a needle wheel makeover for protein skimmer duty
With the redesign of the Red Dragon III line of high performance pumps from Royal Exclusiv it was inevitable that there would be a protein skimmer model in the mix. The DC Red Dragon Mini 5000 and its variable speed…
ATB Elegance Pro skimmer gets outfitted with spinning spraybar neck and cup cleaner
The ATB Elegance 250 Pro is a high performance protein skimmer from ATB which packs a ton of features into a nice tight package. The Elegance 250 Pro comes stock with an air silencer, internal AirStar needle wheel pump, doube…
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