| In the last 20 years the aquarium industry has | | | | NOG(Reefers name for skimmate) many |
| grown not only in popularity but also in technology. | | | | skimmers that cost twice as much. |
| Weather it may be lighting, filtration or water | | | | Most up to date skimmers these days that I |
| circulation the new improvements in the hobby | | | | suggest any reefer investing in utilize the pinwheel. |
| make it easy for anyone to start and own a | | | | If you are in the market for a skimmer don't |
| saltwater aquarium. With companies like Reef | | | | even look twice. The pinwheel revolutionized the |
| Octopus, Tunze and Ecotech Marine you would be | | | | industry and outperform any other model 10 fold. |
| hard pressed to find an aquarium product that | | | | Some other great names to look into are vertex, |
| doesn't make life much easier these days. | | | | bubble king, warner marine and others. |
| I first want to touch on automation. With new | | | | Water circulation is one of the utmost important |
| aquarium controllers like the Neptune Systems | | | | aspects of any aquarium. If you don't have flow |
| Apex Aquacontroller automation for daily tasks | | | | chances are your corals will degrade in health very |
| can nearly be eliminated. With the Apex controller | | | | quickly and result in low oxygen levels as well as |
| by Neptune systems you can automate | | | | built up detritus. With so many innovations in this |
| evaporation water top off, dosing of supplements | | | | part of the hobby we have some great products |
| such as calcium, lighting timers to simulate daylight | | | | that shouldn't be overlooked. |
| hours or even moonlight you can even simulate | | | | First being Ecotech Marine Vortech. Ecotech |
| tidal situations. With little setup or programming | | | | Marine is one of the largest growing aquarium |
| knowledge many of the controllers on the market | | | | companies worldwide and with such a small |
| offer an affordable way to automate mundane | | | | product line you know they must have done it |
| daily tasks that are performed for your aquarium | | | | right. Ecotech offers pumps that have no electrical |
| Protein skimmers, the god of keeping your | | | | that actually touches water and they are |
| aquarium water crystal clear. Although there are | | | | completely wireless when using multiple pumps. |
| 100's of options on the market there are a few | | | | Hydor is another great new power head, with |
| that stand out to most aquarist as the standard. | | | | very low wattage and highly dispersed powerful |
| First being Reef Octopus(Made by Coralvue), | | | | flow it is a pump to be reckoned with. |
| these skimmers are by far some of the most | | | | With many different technological advances in the |
| affordable and highly sought after skimmers on | | | | hobby it is very easy for new and old hobbiest to |
| the market. Not only do they outperform most | | | | jump right in with a little bit of help from a good |
| other companies but they skim twice as much | | | | local fish store. |