I’ve been Waiting on a “Land of misfit Aquarium gear” thread .... if ever one is started Skilter will kick it off ,,,it even tops laser worm zappers and purple upI haven’t read the whole thread, anyone vote for SKILTER yet?
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I’ve been Waiting on a “Land of misfit Aquarium gear” thread .... if ever one is started Skilter will kick it off ,,,it even tops laser worm zappers and purple upI haven’t read the whole thread, anyone vote for SKILTER yet?
I tend to agree because I have a BM curve 9 plus DC. It was, initially, a bit finicky - that was, until I installed a baffle in the sump and got it to sit in just over 9.5" of water. Any lower, I had to turn the gate down to 2 (or lower) in order to get the foam to rise. Then it would go nuts intermittently - overflowing and spraying everywhere. Now that it's in the right depth, I have the gate set just a tad past 3 (the last position being full open) and it hums along brilliantly. It never overflows (unless I use coral putty or Quantum - or similar - phosphate remover). But that tells me it's doing a good job of exporting nasties. Aside from that, good skimmer at a fair price. As I posted earlier, I would have gone with the latest Red Sea had it been available at the time I bought the BM.Don't do it. BM are finicky and it will frustrate you to know end. Stay w/ RO.
Yes it will be great when you upgrade. I run mine on setting 2 in my 525. It has always been reliable.I am also using a 150sss elite in my Red Sea 170 for about a year. I have it on setting 4/5 cause it’s a little over sized atm. I wanted quality and dc control in case I go bigger. It’s quiet and runs well. Now i know I’m good for a tank upgrade and at least 4 years.
Sorry it's 6 Pole, given some wrong infoWouldn’t you need either 2-4-6 poles? Three would be very unusual. Three phase yes!
My old Reef Octo is a recirculating skimmer. It works well, is very stable, returns to the proper level after power interruptions, skims lots of gunk, and parts are easy to get. The down side is the power it uses. I'll admit the power cost isn't high enough to worry about, but it is inefficient as compared to a needle wheel skimmer that runs on one pump. BUT... compared to a Beckett or venturi driven skimmer and my old skimmer seems pretty efficient.I'm using a Skimz SM202 recirculationg skimmer on my waterbox 220.6. It's my first skimz skimmer and my first recirculating skimmer. Very happy with how stable and consistent it is. I highly reccomend it. As far as a dream skimmer.... I dont know. What brand but can say it must be recirculating. Dont thinking will ever go back to an internal skimmer.
Only setting two??Yes it will be great when you upgrade. I run mine on setting 2 in my 525. It has always been reliable.
Reef octopus is hard to match. Price and material/build quality are fantastic.I run two a bubble magus curve 5 and the Coralife 75 cone skimmer Both are over sized for the systems they are on and those systems are new and lightly populated systems. I voted other because of the question Which is the best? I have no clue lol. I am happy with both of mine maybe happier with the curve because it has a pop off cup while the coralife has a threaded connection cup.
The RD3 is a german made pump, it's the RDX that's made in china (and not by RE).
Have a look at the picture below. This is the new Supermarine 160 with the Asian pump.I see. The pump, or the motor block? I don't run a BK, but I have. And as far as I know, the mini series is the only line that consistently used that pump. The Supermarine, Deluxe, Deluxe External, and Double Cone models use RD3. Your statement doesn't seem very fair.... It's kindof like saying Toyota = Lexus.
Yeah, I said the same thing a while ago and got challenged by their rep, and I said "made in germany, or assembled in germany" and that conversation got quiet fast....The one's with the titanium impellers look as if they have parts shared with messner, another germany company with similar looking pumps with titanium impellers....but the cheaper ones with the impeller plate with the 3 notches that looks identical to all the other china DC pumps?? yeahhhhhh....Have a look at the picture below. This is the new Supermarine 160 with the Asian pump.
Good pump though.
I never said that all RE skimmers use the non-german (I could've been wrong about the exact country it's produced at to be fair) pumps. I've just said that the one in the picture linked by someone here was. But then it turned out it's not an rdx pump, so maybe it's not made outside of Germany afterall, I don't know who and where makes the rd6 pump (but the mini is not available with the rd6 anymore, only with the rdx - that's why I confused it in the picture in the first place, because I didn't know they've made a short production run between the AC and rdx version with the rd6 pump).I see. The pump, or the motor block? I don't run a BK, but I have. And as far as I know, the mini series is the only line that consistently used that pump. The Supermarine, Deluxe, Deluxe External, and Double Cone models use RD3. Your statement doesn't seem very fair.... It's kindof like saying Toyota = Lexus.