AeroForce from CPR gets outed on video

Last month we showed you the new CPR bak pak type protein skimmer named the AeroForce. It was being displayed at IMAC west in a prototype version. After nearly a decade of minor and incremental upgrades to the workhorse BakPak…

TC 3070 from Deltec deemed to satisfy gunk geeks

Why is it that we like to put our finger into things and pull out skimmer junk ? It’s a relatively common thing to do. But just to be sure, we are all clear that a protein skimmer skims organic…

Tunze Silence pump 8 month review: delivers reliable, quiet performance

This review of Tunze’s 1073.020 silence pump is well over eight months in the making. In that time we have used and abused the ole Silence ’20 in every position imaginable: We used in the basement, we used it on…

Deltec TC 3070 gets an owner, puts up a video

When we first broke the news about Deltec’s new hot iPod white skimmers we loved them the moment we saw them.  This video that has surfaced shows us a couple unique things. First, the TC 3070 Deltec skimmer that is…

Eheim Compact Plus Needle Wheel water pump sports a unique impeller design

The Eheim Compact Plus needle wheel water pump is a new water pump from Eheim with a performance motor block and a truly unique upside-down/inside-out impeller design. Although the pump is not made by Eheim (it is actually OEM’d in…

Deltec TC 2560 and TC 3070 skimmer spotted in the wild

These are some of the best shots we’ve come across with Deltec’s new TC (external) skimmer lines. While we wait patiently for final pricing and availability-dates for the United States we will have to look at these photos in awe…

AquaDriver wash down system is custom and very nice

We received higher quality shots of the automated skim clean system with wash down. This system like we stated earlier is very similar to large commercial skimmers that have a wash down system. The photos show a custom made wash…

ATB injection molded plastic cone skimmer to be the smallest?

That small cone skimmer we spied last week appears to be a new skimmer from Aquarium Technik Burian that will be one of the smallest skimmers from ATB. The new skimmer from ATB uses injection molded plastic to form the…

Wash down Skim Clean from Aqua Driver spied?

Most of us would fit in the category of having to clean out our protein skimmers on a daily/weekly schedule. It’s something we have gotten used to. True, we might have a outlet for the skim to drain into another…

Filtration at LiveAquaria is taken very seriously

The filtration system to keep LiveAquaria up and running is amazing. There isn’t anything else that can compare that is selling livestock commercially. To give you an example of how big LiveAquaria is, they have 1200 fish in stock and…