Up until now, there was very little information published about how protein skimmers worked and the best ways to troubleshoot them. At one point, nearly everyone was slapping a pump on a tube and calling it a Reef Tank Protein Skimmer. We know SO much more now that it's hard to believe where we came from. In this episode, our hosts discuss that protein skimmer timeline and the vast knowledge we have gathered through years of trial and error on our very own reef tanks.