I like to keep a slightly “dirty” tank for SPS and to do [...]
Recently I have been seeing things and hearing about this new skimmer from Maxspect. Watching Jake Adams' video and speaking to him regarding the new product left a strong impression on me. Fast forward a few weeks, and I had my chance to take a look at this unit in person for the first time at [...]
Last year during MACNA, I was hanging out and talking to my friend Sanjay Joshi and like I do at every trade show, I asked him who he thought I should talk to and which products I should check out. As soon as I asked, he led me to Dalua Australia's booth and introduced me to Christian and Anthony. [...]
How do you improve a skimmer? Especially when it's considered to be one of the best in the industry? Add Accessories? Make things prettier? For this video, we met up with Carlos of Coralvue to talk about their newest skimmer from Reef Octopus. They went back to the drawing board and completely [...]
Eshopps treated this year’s MACNA attendees with a bunch of interesting new products. About half of this Southern California-based company’s booth was occupied with an extensive display of the brand new line-up of protein skimmers, which the manufacturer came up with for the 2017/2018 [...]
Spend a little time in this hobby and you'll learn two truths: First, the current gold standard and center of many tank filtration systems is the aptly-named protein skimmer; and second, many of said skimmers are notoriously finicky and often difficult to dial in “just right.” Take a quick [...]
Ignoring a protein skimmer in need of maintenance could make you pay later! Regular SWS readers know that CC and I always emphasize the importance of staying on top of routine maintenance chores so small problems don’t develop into big ones. Great advice for a hobby in which only bad things [...]
Actinic lighting was developed and used in other industries before reef aquariumsWe marine aquarists use a variety of tools to help keep our tanks healthy by either changing or removing the waste products of the animals we keep. But did you know virtually all of the devices we use were originally [...]
