ASM cone skimmer doesn’t really stand out in materials and cost

The ASM Cone Skimmer series is a new line of fractionators from All Seas Marine that jumps on the tail end of the cone skimmer bandwagon. Not that we’re saying that cone skimmers are a fad, we enjoy several on…

Elos PS2000 needle wheel protein skimmer gets previewed

The Elos PS2000 needle wheel protein skimmer is the latest addition to the Elos line of skimmers replacing the NS2000 in the product catalogue. According to the hands-on preview at DaniReef.com, the Elos PS200 features a smaller Sicce PSK 1000…

Downdraft protein skimmer prototype uses modular neck modules

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…

Fish ideas for the uninspired nano reef keeper

With the increasing variety of AIO Nano-Reefs available today and their affordability, it’s not surprising how common these little reef units are. Not too long ago, stumbling onto a tiny 10-gallon mini-reef was somewhat rare and intriguing.  It used to…

Coral Morphologic wins a grant to start painting Miami as a Coral Reef City

Throughout many parts of Miami there’s a whole lot of coral growing at the water’s edge and no one knows that better than the coral-huggers at Coral Morphologic. We’ve written extensively about Core More over the years: first with some…

Tons of reef aquarium deals around for Black Friday 2011

Turkeys are being snagged up like mad in the grocery stores so that mean just one thing – crazy deals on all your reefing goodies starting on Friday! Our annual tradition is to bring you some great Black Friday holiday…

Apet Inc. demonstrates some serious skills in the design and installation of commercial scale filtration

Apet Incorporated is a large wholesaler of live animals in the Chicago area with a significant amount of space devoted to aquatic livestock. Although Apet has been in business for thirty years, their new facility is only two years old…

AVAST Marine CS1 cone skimmer kits now available in smokey black, gets recirc option

The AVAST Marine Works CS1 cone skimmer kit was already one nifty, affordable option for a skimmer and now its available in the stealthy “black pearl” cone design as well. We saw this option at Reef Stock in March but…

Slightly used monster RK2 300PE protein skimmer looking for a new home

Oculus Aquatics is looking to unload one beast of a skimmer at a great price.  They are currently in the process of re-engineering some of the coral systems out in the warehouse and are unloading an RK2-300-PE skimmer that is…

Innovative Marine’s Nano 16 aquarium actually has something good going on in the back

We’ve already seen the sexy single bent-glass front of the Nano 16 and Nuvo aquariums by Innovative Marine and we know that they won’t cost too much either, but we were definitely withholding an impression of the entire kit until…