These are the first hands on photos of Fauna Marin’s new BlueSkim Protein Skimmer. Not much is known about the sizing or stats on this new series. What we do know is the skimmer can be completely disassembled for cleaning, it’s powered by an AquaBee pump with a modified meshwheel, and lastly… it’s pretty expensive. [...]
These are the first hands on photos of Fauna Marin’s new BlueSkim Protein Skimmer. Not much is known about the sizing or stats on this new series. What we do know is the skimmer can be completely disassembled for cleaning, it’s powered by an AquaBee pump with a modified meshwheel, and lastly… it’s pretty expensive. Fauna Marin has updated their website with three sizes, the BlueSkim 150 (463€), BlueSkim 200 (609€), and the BlueSkim 250 (970€).
Some aquarists are already questioning if this is too little, too late. For just over $650 USD the smallest model offers a bubble plate and meshwheel AB pump–both of which have been available for years from other brands. It is interesting that FM is using a new meshwheel design that looks very similar to traditional sponges used for mechanical filtration. No word on air draw at this time. Update: Fauna Marin has pulled the skimmer listing from their website along with the prices–calling them incorrect. Again those prices were taken from the FM website, but it now sounds like pricing is TBA.
[A big thanks to Andy Jones for the photos seen here.]
