Visit to Austria’s Mega Zoo and their top notch reef keeping department.

The following is a guest contribution from Karl Vankersschaever, owner of Mare Nostrum and a passionate European reef aquarium hobbyist. Summer is usually the time to visit some old friends and to make some new friends. So we went for…

Mame Skimmer III: ultimate unboxing of a novel concept aquarium product

The Mame Nano Skimmer III is a very small, practical protein skimmer that is specially designed to skim the smallest nano tanks. The Mame Skimmer is also an expensive, nearly complete kit which offers up more in terms of the…

Take the testosterone out of reef keeping!

Just what is it about us reefers these days? Here we are, a quarter century after the “mini-reef” craze struck the hobby- and we’re still as amped as ever. We throw everything at our tanks to create this biggest, baddest,…

ATI Power Cone, a new cone skimmer from ATI

It looks like ATI will be getting in the cone skimmer game with their new ATI Power Cone skimmer. The model called the ATI Power Cone 250 is new and has yet to be released yet, although they have released…

Something old, something new: Evolution within the hobby

One of the coolest things about our hobby is the amazing progression over the years in both the state of the art and the technology that we embrace.  Improvements that have enabled us to do things previously thought incredibly difficult…

Exclusive first look at the Omega Kone external cone skimmer from Vertex

The Alpha Kone protein skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik was one of the most popular cone protein skimmers launched this time last year. The Omega Kone is the big brother to the Alpha Kone series, offering a similar style of design…

Hands-on with the Swabbie, an affordable self cleaning head from Avast Marine

[vimeo width=”670″ height=”377″]http://vimeo.com/12921789[/vimeo] The Swabbie is new add-on for protein skimmer which automatically wipes down the scum that builds up on the collection neck. The aftermarket accessory from Avast Marine is unusual for a market where most protein skimmer neck…

Some notes on a coral reefing event, Belgium style

The following is a guest contribution from Karl Vankersschaever, owner of Mare Nostrum and a passionate European reef aquarium hobbyist. Last friday, Frantisek Floder from coral-shop was invited to the Gent Aquarium club. He gave a lecture about reefkeeping in…

Potential Korallen Zucht KZ LED light demoed at their InterZoo booth

The KZ LED is not a product we expected to see from Korallen Zucht at InterZoo a few weeks back. The famous creators of the Zeovit method are better known for exotic additives in funky blue bottles and exotic protein…

Grey Sea Aquatics changes name to AVAST Marine Works

Grey Seas Aquatics has changed their name over to AVAST Marine. Grey Seas which we have covered before offered affordable aquarium products like their GS2 protein skimmer which was a popular model in the cone category that retailed for $280.…