Taking the Swabbie for a spin on an Alpha Kone 300

When Avast Marine asked us to review their new and affordable Swabbie automatic neck cleaner for protein skimmers, we thought we’d give them a little bit a challenge. Instead of sending us a po-dunk little skimmer neck cleaner we tasked…

Vertex Alpha Kone 200 skimmers now shipping

It wasn’t too long ago we brought you the first pictures of the Alpha Cone series including hands on shots and video, but the Alpha 250 ‘s smaller sibling the Alpha 200 has begun to ship. The photo above gives…

Alpha Kone gets detailed in it’s own webpage

If our coverage of the Alpha Kone’s every microscopic detail was not enough, the Alpha 250 Kone has finally received it’s own webpage with the full round up of specifications and features.

Vertex Alpha 250 Kone caught in the act of skimming protein

The Bubble King Cone aka the Vertex Alpha 250 Kone is an absolute powerhouse in terms of efficiency and power. The muffler is almost magical in how much sound it muffles whether it is drawing  1500 or 1800 lph air.…

Exclusive first look at the Omega Kone external cone skimmer from Vertex

The Alpha Kone protein skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik was one of the most popular cone protein skimmers launched this time last year. The Omega Kone is the big brother to the Alpha Kone series, offering a similar style of design…

Bubble King 180 Kone Skimmer is more of a wine glass

The Bubble King 180 Kone Skimmer from Royal Exclusiv is an evolution of the Alpha Kone skimmers with a more curvaceous body. The hourglass shape of the bubble king is exceptionally attractive, giving just enough clearance for protein skimmed water…

Alpha 300 cone skimmer by Vertex Aquaristik

The first shots of the Vertex branded Royal Exclusiv Alpha 300 Kone pop out on the internets.  This Alpha 300 protein skimmer is powered by two  Red Dragon 1500 skimmer pumps that will do between 3,000 to 4,600 lph of…

Alpha 170 Cone skimmers have arrived at retailers

We received word that the Alpha 170 cone skimmers known as Kone have begun arriving to retailers and have begun shipping. One of the first retailers to get their mits on these new guys is Premium Aquatics. In case you’ve…

Vertex Alpha Cone Skimmer 170, 200 specifications

While we knew about the Alpha 200 and Alpha 170 cone skimmers we didn’t have anything in the specifications department. Thankfully, information about these skimmers has surfaced. We had thought that the Alpha 170 would be much smaller than quoted…

Omega Kone Series external cone protein skimmers
Although the Alpha cone skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik are just starting to trickle out in their 260mm diameter iteration, buzz is already starting to build about the forthcoming external line, the Omega series. We don't expect to hear much about…