On a local forum a fellow reefer had a Reef Octopus NWB-110 skimmer with an Aquatrance AQ-1000s pump and aother fellow reefer lived closed to the other guy with the skimmer had a barely used Bubble Blaster HY-1000s Skimmer Pump for sale. CoralVue says this pump is an upgrade pumps. Which would make this skimmer to be almost like the SRO-1000INT Skimmer. But it was 4 hrs away one way. I don't really want to ship it cause I just had some bad luck with shipping a skimmer. I would of went and pick it up myself(excuse to check out some nice reef stores in the area) But I'm deployed. But I was lucky and my wife was headed that way to pick a friend up from the airport before heading to my daughters National Dance Computation. I was able to talk her into stopping on her way and picking up both of these up.
My wife was able to pick both of these up and now it time to do the rest of my homework on this. The real world experience. Has anyone replaced the pump on there RO NWB-110 with the Bubble blaster pump. CoralVue Says it should mounts right up to the skimmer. How much trouble was it to mount up to the skimmer, How deep did you run it, and how hard was it to turn it in.
Some of you might think why would you buy before doing the rest of your homework. Cause if worse comes to worse then I can put the old pump back on the skimmer that came with it in the first place back on it, which is on upgrade from the skimmer I have now and I have seen good reviews in it. If I have to do that I'm sure someone needs a Bubble Blaster Pump. Second if there is not people out there willing to try newer recommended stuff then how do we know how well it really works. Then we can pass good or bad reviews on. But I hope others have done this to get me started on the right foot. Thanks for any info or experience you may have.
I will be home sometime next month so I should be able to get this wet next month. I will also update on what the out come is for anyone that is thinking about upgrading there pump. I might even start with the original pump then upgrade to the bubble blaster to compare the results.
My wife was able to pick both of these up and now it time to do the rest of my homework on this. The real world experience. Has anyone replaced the pump on there RO NWB-110 with the Bubble blaster pump. CoralVue Says it should mounts right up to the skimmer. How much trouble was it to mount up to the skimmer, How deep did you run it, and how hard was it to turn it in.
Some of you might think why would you buy before doing the rest of your homework. Cause if worse comes to worse then I can put the old pump back on the skimmer that came with it in the first place back on it, which is on upgrade from the skimmer I have now and I have seen good reviews in it. If I have to do that I'm sure someone needs a Bubble Blaster Pump. Second if there is not people out there willing to try newer recommended stuff then how do we know how well it really works. Then we can pass good or bad reviews on. But I hope others have done this to get me started on the right foot. Thanks for any info or experience you may have.
I will be home sometime next month so I should be able to get this wet next month. I will also update on what the out come is for anyone that is thinking about upgrading there pump. I might even start with the original pump then upgrade to the bubble blaster to compare the results.