Long Term Product Review of the RLSS R6-i Cone Skimmer
Sometimes our product reviews take a little time to fully complete. We strive to test the equipment under both normal and abnormal operating conditions for an extended period of time in an attempt to really gague how the equipment responds. Such is the case for a RLSS R6-i protein skimmer we received last year. We [...]
ATB Mini Mikro Takes Us Back to the Good Old Days of Air Stone Skimmers
Protein skimmers have evolved drasticly over the past few decades, with manufacturers trying all sorts of tricks to boost energy efficiency and performance. Unfortunately, however, these manufacturers have, by and large, abandoned many of the old tried and true technologies in their constant battle to win over fickle aquarium hobbyists who are always looking for [...]
Bubble King Mini 200 Now Available with DC Controllable Pump
Bubble King has been a long standing force within the aquarium equipment realm, and they continue to improve on the performance of their legendy protein skimmers with various tweaks and overhauls. Their latest offering comes in the form of a DC controllable Bubble King Mini 200 skimmer, giving an already formidable protein skimmer a huge [...]
Mutliple ATB Protein Skimmers Offered with Controllable Pumps
A couple of days ago, we found out that ATB was incorporating controllable DC pumps into their Nano B protein skimmers, and and it would appear that our assessment of the ATB controllable skimmers was a bit incomplete. Instead of just one model with the new pump, ATB instead has at least six. We already [...]
Controllable Needlewheel Pumps Coming to the Reef Octopus Diablo Protein Skimmers
The controllable protein skimmer craze has officially begun. Several new equipment manufacturers are starting to implement the popular and newly affordable controllable DC water pumps into the design of their products, and the latest company to get in on the action is Reef Octopus. Despite a massive and continually growing line of protein skimmers, Reef [...]
ATB Shows off Their Updated Nano B Protein Skimmer
ATB has a newly updated protein skimmer hitting the market pretty soon called the Nano B. The body of the skimmer is relatively unchanged, but the Nano B line is getting updates to the bubble diffuser plate (like those seen in the Deluxe line) and in the needle wheel pump. The pump is obviously where [...]
The Tiny Deltec SC 1350 Spied at MACNA
For many years, the Deltec brand of aquarium gear seemed to be reserved for only large to medium sized high end aquariums, but with the release of the relatively tiny SC 1350 Internal protein skimmer, which debuted at MACNA, the line is become more economical and more useful for the smaller crowd. The new SC 1350 [...]
ATI PowerCone Finalized and Shipping to US Customers
After two years of waiting, the ATI PowerCone has finally arrived. We caught up with a rep from Clear Choice Distributors, the North American distributor of ATI Aquaristik products, who told us that the long awaited protein skimmer is currently shipping to retailers nationwide. This claim is also demonstrated by the fact that ATI was [...]
The RLSS DB10i Skimmer Ditches the Volute
The guys at Reef Life Support Systems have been making some fantastic protein skimmers, and they’re doing so by taking a slightly different approach than everyone else. They started by bringing DC controllable pumps to the affordable protein skimmer market, and now they’ve got a new model that ditches the traditional volute normally positioned on [...]
CAD Lighst Unveils Pipeless PLS-100 Protein Skimmer
CAD Lights, an aquarium equipment company that’s got a well-rounded lineup for tanks of all sizes, has an interesting new skimmer hitting the market, and it’s unlike any other we’ve seen. Instead of being like any other space saving protein skimmer that puts the pump inside and/or underneath the body, the PL-100 skimmer takes it [...]
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