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InterZoo 2008 Tunze Release

InterZoo, a large trade show dedicated to the care of pets, is where the European heavy weights in the marine aquaria hobby release there latest and greatest. Roger Vitko, owner of TunzeUSA, was kind enough to take a step away to share some of Tunze’s (pronounced toon-zah) newest product developments with his loyal customer base…
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New Warner Marine Skimmers Impress

We’ve wanted to talk about these for a while, and now they are finally released! Warner Marine Research, the company that brings you Phosar, Ultimate Amino’s, and the balanced Reef Pure Potassium Supplement has released a new Protein Skimmer line.
Warner Marine has created a complete line that we feel can satisfy every hobbyist. There will […]

Octopus Core Skimmers & Sneak Peak at Pro 300

Octopus is brining back the bubbleplate in their newest line of skimmers called “Core”.  After failing with the Extreme Line due to the bubble plate causing too much restriction on the Octo Pumps they have increased the size of the plate and switched to Pentair Quietone Pumps.
Known with DIY gurus for their small size and […]

DAS EX-2 : 24 hours later

We got the the skimmer hooked up last night and so far are impressed. It is still breaking in, but has pulled out a little skimmate. We knew we had to have a skimmer stand to elevate the standpipe output over the edge of the sump. To solve this we found this nice handmade bamboo tray. […]

Deltec to release new model? pictures of prototype

Here’s an image of a Deltec prototype that has ben testing for 2 years! How this has kept quiet I’m not sure, but details are to be released soon. Photo’s are from Reef Central, by 143gadgets.
 
From the picture it looks like a massive increase in air input (judging by the size of the neck.) It […]

new skimmer - DAS EX-2

We’ve been skimmerless since Friday after selling our Deltec MCE600.  We purchased the new skimmer weeks ago, and thought it was arriving the week we sold the Deltec…but the vendor had to wait for a part so the shipment was delayed. The tank has actually done extremely well without one.
Anyway here’s some pics. It’s a […]