Hands on with the world’s first oval cone protein skimmer from Skimz

Skimz has a knack for going out of its way to differentiate their products with this year’s hook being a cone protein skimmer with an oval footprint. The idea of making a oval base protein skimmer screams “gimmick” from a…

Oval Cone Biopellet Reactor from Skimz is the logical progression of shapes

What do you do if you’ve got some oval base cones of acrylic lying around from your protein skimmer build? Well if you are Skimz of Singapore of course the obvious route is to build a conical biopellet reactor with…

Skimz new oval skimmer on video [VIDEO]

As pointed out by one of our readers in the previous Skimz Oval protein skimmer post, there is a video of the new skimmer in action. Much of the initial reaction is mixed with some seeing the benefits and other…

Skimz Oval Protein Skimmer design cuts footprint by nearly 25%

Skimz should by now have have registered in your mind as one of those companies that is constantly innovating. Skimz was rather quick to jump on the DC pump bandwagon (although certainly not the first), and they’ve obsessed with space saving…

Skimz ST1000 TurboMagnum is one skimming beast [VIDEO]

We love seeing commercial versions of the equipment in our systems and we got a bit of skimmer envy when we spied this video of the Skimz ST1000 TurboMagnum protein skimmer installed at a fish farm in Singapore. We saw…

The new Pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC Series skimmer are the smallest skimmers using DC pumps we’ve seen yet

DC pumps are the future of skimmers, and nearly every single new (consumer grade) protein skimmer that has been released in the past couple of months is re-affirming just that. These new Skimz Monzter VSC Series DC skimmers are special however…

Skimz boosts the Monzter SM253 skimmer with you guessed it, a controllable DC pump

The new Skimz Monzter SM253 is a new protein skimmer from the Singapore-based company that has added a variable speed controlled (VSC) DC pump bringing another manufacturer to the DC-powered skimmer market. The new skimmer is boasting a draw of 2,400 lph (about…

Skimz TurboMagnum skimmer targets all but the largest of aquaria with improved venturi design

The Skimz ST300 and Skimz St600 TurboMagnum skimmers are Skimz latest skimmers focused at all but the largest aquaria. Massive skimmers are always cool, especially is they offer some nifty features.  The Skimz ST300 is the smaller of the two build…

Skimz debuting DC skimmer pump soon

DC motor pumps are starting to make a splash in the industry and the pool of DC pumps is getting a little bit bigger with the upcoming Skimz DC skimmer pump the company is debuting this month. While details are…

Peter’s Reef is a 1350 gallon Canadian coral aquarium

This 1350 gallon reef aquarium owned by Peter Hyne is a beautiful system and well designed jumbo reef aquarium. Calling the system the “tank of the four masters” is a bit presumptuous, but in the end it doesn’t really matter.…