If you’ve been watching the news lately, you may have heard about the massive Microcystis algae outbreak that is currently affecting the western basin of Lake Erie and, from this past Friday until around 9:30 this morning, rendered the tap…
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Top 12 new reef aquarium products of InterZoo 2014
If one thing became clear walking the floor of InterZoo 2014 a couple of weeks ago, it’s that there an avalanche of innovation happening in every sector of the marine aquarium hobby and industry. The marine aquarium companies who displayed…
Schuran & Abyzz collaboration creates the biggest Berlin protein skimmer
Schuran is an established crafter of fine acrylic aquarium equipment and tanks. Abyzz is a newer company making high performance controllable water pumps. Together Schuran and Abyzz have collaborated to create, or rather recreate, a classic protein skimmer design, venturi and all.…
Vertex Omega 180i and 200i places powerful pumps inside proven skimmer design
The Omega-I line of internal skimmers was just unveiled at InterZoo in Germany and we’ve got the low-down on what these new protein skimmer models are all about. The first two models of the Omega-I that were announced are the…
Waveline Side-mounted open volute skimmer is a sign of things to come
RLSS Waveline was the first company to get our attention with a powerful, controllable DC powered protein skimmer, then they did it again by being the first to deliver a novel open volute design, both of which were heavily copied…
Aquabee cranks up another new DC powered pump
The Aquabee UP8000 is another addition in the DC pump arena. It is a little brother to their UP11000 pump, which we covered here. These are NOT just another run of rebranded DC pumps. These are new pumps that represent excellent engineering…
Eheim incpiria marine, a new line of reef-ready tanks
Eheim incpiria marine is the latest line reef-ready line of aquariums from the industry pioneer. The Eheim incpira marine series will come as a complete package with sump and return pump. The system can be packaged with T5’s or four of their new…
An illustrated visit to Tropical Marine Centre headquarters
Tropical Marine Centre is a force of the aquarium hobby in Europe so while touring the UK on our way to Germany for InterZoo, we had to make the trek out to their world-famous facilities. We traveled to Chorleywood on the outskirts…
Skimz Monzter Mini is the smallest DC Protein Skimmer to date
Those of you with smaller aquariums looking to tap into the benefits of DC pump protein skimmers are now in luck with the upcoming Skimz Monzter Mini SN123 DC protein skimmer. The Monzter Mini has the smallest DC pump housed in a compact…
Skimz Panther pump is eyeing the commercial market
Right on cue, Skimz is ready to show off a new high capacity aquarium water pump called the Skimz Black Panther. The Skimz Panther pump is ideally suited to meet the needs of aquaculture, commercial farms, public aquariums and wholesalers…
