SWC Skimmers get a new home in Colorado

Colorado is already home to many fine aquarium companies such as Reeflo, AquaMedic and RK2 and now we are proud to welcome SWC Skimmers into our high quality local reefing scene. This skimmer line was once the exclusive distributorship of…

Shark Cone Skimmers from JNS Aquaria…DA DUM…DA DUM…

JNS Aquaria, a company you’ve probably never heard of but produces a lot of products for brands across the world has a new line of cone skimmers named after sharks. Thats right. Sharks. To date there are two models to…

Grey Seas Aquatics Compact 6 protein skimmer, first impressions

We brought you the newest addition to the Grey Seas Aquatics line with the affordable Compact 6 protein skimmer the other week and we want to thank Dan at GSA for sending along an evaluation unit so we can put…

Compact 6 Protein Skimmer from Grey Seas Aquatics balances performance and value

The Compact 6 protein skimmer from Grey Seas Aquatics is a surprising balancing act of quality and value, performance and ease of servcing. The Compact 6 protein skimmer does all this while still delivering an American made product with an…

Aztech Pyramid Protein Skimmer from CPR aquatics, action video

The Aztech Pyramid protein skimmer from CPR Aquatic has not yet been released since it’s unveiling at IMAC West but here we have a video of one of the first Alpha-level units running on some relatively clean sea water. This…

Aztech Pyramid protein skimmer from CPR

The Aztech pyramid skimmer from CPR is a novel departure from the typical cone protein skimmer. The Aztech uses a pyramidal shape to increase the volume of air and water mixing and coupled with a quality needle wheel water pump,…

ATB 840 Cone Skimmer gets nice n’ fancy

ATB has started to get fancy with design and comestic changes to their new Econo 840 cone skimmer. This new design seen pictures includes a seamless molded cone body, polished CNC work, skimmate drain valve, and removable base. With the…

Hands-on with the Warner Marine K2 Cone Skimmer, formerly the K1

Since Warner Marine’s first cone protein skimmer was announced last fall, a lot of changes have happened to the American made skoner besides the name. For starters, the Warner Marine cone protein skimmer was first launched as the K1 but…

ATB’s new Mini Airstar with Large pinwheel+mesh seen

ATB had been rumored to be testing a new Mini Airstar pump that would be paired with smaller skimmers with the ATB name on them. André snapped these pictures of what appears is a New Jet 3000 with the large…

Warner Marine testing Unidirectional needlewheel

Not content with the backwards start issues that plague the Sicce PSK-2500 design, Warner Marine has started to test a new pinwheel design that they hope will eliminate the issue. The initial design is based on the factory Sicce impeller…