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The ocean has long fascinated people around the world spurring a desire to contain and create this beauty in the home. Recreating the ocean environment in your home is a difficult thing. The ocean environment is a perfect ecosystem capable of infinite growth. It has supported the creation and evolution of billions of life forms. The ocean is a beautiful collection of water, marine life and most of the earth’s known elements.
The biggest challenge to maintaining a successful home ecosystem is to build and maintain proper water chemistry. In the last 20 years there have been leaps and bounds in the design of products to help marine and reef aquarists achieve this “zen” of water chemistry. With the proper use of these products we are able to re-create the ocean ecology in the home which allows us to keep, grow and admire a wide variety of marine life. The modern marine and reef aquarium hobbyist uses a variety of different products to optimize, balance and condition the water to create an environment where marine life will not only survive, but thrive, reproduce and grow at levels similar to or beyond what is encountered on the oceans reefs.
These products, procedures and treatments must be selected carefully, with a strict attention to quality and performance. The long term success to re-creating the ocean ecology in the home aquarium is totally dependant on maintaining the water quality at an extremely high level without adding harmful impurities. Any water treatment, supplement or additive must work correctly from a scientific and chemical perspective and not be contradictory to established research and practice. In addition, these products must be formulated to achieve extremely high levels of performance, meeting or surpassing natural seawater. The modern marine and reef aquarium should generate a tremendous amount of growth and the biological demand for nutrients and elements is great. These nutrients must be delivered to the aquarium in precise quantities for optimum results.
This site is dedicated to the protein skimmer and it’s design and use in re-creating the ocean ecology in the home marine or reef aquarium. Protein Skimmers are a key piece of equipment that remove organic pollutants before they break down into nitrates and phosphates.
Some brands of protein skimmers popular among marine and reef aquarium hobbyists include AquaC, ASM, Precision Marine and Tunze. Whether you are looking for some protein skimmer plans for a DIY installation or a large protein skimmer from Red Sea or Vertex/Royal Exclusiv we are the place to help you. We offer information and recommendations on mini protein skimmers, snano protein skimmers, used protein skimmers, straight up to the largest units. If you are looking for DIY Protein Skimmer plans instead of making a purchase, again, we have what you need.
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