I am a big fan of preparing for the worst when it comes to keeping a reef tank and I constantly think about ways to prevent potential disasters before they happen. On several occasions in the past, my skimmer overflowed without warning and nearly dumped skimmate into my sump. I was lucky because I [...]
The latest version of the UltraReef Akula UKS-180 is actually in use in our associate’s 450 liter (120 gallon) aquarium right now. A good occasion for us to present it to [...]
For the last 4 weeks I have been running my 187 gallon reef tank without a skimmer as sort of an experiment. A few months ago I lost a number of corals due to what I believe were very low levels of phosphate in the tank. I run an ARID algae reactor and it does a great job pulling out nutrients. [...]
UltraReef presents its new and enormous skimmer, the Typhoon UKS 250, based upon the new Sicce electric pump. This is the highest-performing skimmer available to the public from the Italian builder. It is powered by the new electric pump PSK 4000 by Sicce. In 2018, the company plans [...]
Finding a good skimmer for a MiniReef of 80-100 liters isn’t easy; we decided to try the Tunze 9004. Soon, we’re going to begin a new project: an 80 liter MiniReef. So we had to chose a whole host of accessories. We’ve already spoke about some of them, and in the [...]
As an extremely satisfied Reef Octopus skimmer owner myself, I was very excited to see that the company was presenting a brand new protein skimmer at MACNA 2017 in New Orleans. This new device, called Octo S-130, is the result of years of design and manufacturing experience, and it is loaded [...]
A real protein skimmer to hang on your tank, very good news which will solve many problems for hobbyists without a sump. When tanks don’t have a good-volume sump, proper filtration can be a real issue. So far, the best performing skimmers have been the Aquamedic Turboflotor 1000 [...]
Last week, we discussed skimmer maintenance (article). Today, we’ll discuss how to set the skimmer for optimal performance. We’ll be focusing on mono pump skimmers, but the suggestions apply to all [...]