Bubble Magus curve 5

[PaReeferJ]

i currently have a hob aqua C remora and I am looking to upgrade to a bubble magus curve 5. Has anyone used one of these skimmers? Any pros and cons?

 

[dbl]

Although I've never used one, I had researched them a while back and they seem to get pretty good reviews.

 

[Pete polyp]

It's a BEAST

 

[PaReeferJ]

Picked it up Friday. It's a work horse.

 

[dbl]

Awesome...congrats.

 

[Justice4u2]

JOY!! I have one on order for my new build. I need to start putting in the baffles for the sump, how deep do you have the water set at? i read that it likes 8-9 inches.

 

[PaReeferJ]

I have it set at 8.i had it at 10 but it was overflowing.

 

[Pete polyp]

8 or 9 inches has been too deep for my system. I had it at 8 inches and it would overflow while set wide open. At one point the bubble plate may have been 1" deep and it would send head all the way to the cup set on 1. It was so shallow it would draw air into the skimmer intake lol

 

[PaReeferJ]

8 or 9 inches has been too deep for my system. I had it at 8 inches and it would overflow while set wide open. At one point the bubble plate may have been 1" deep and it would send head all the way to the cup set on 1. It was so shallow it would draw air into the skimmer intake lol

Did you ever figure out what the problem was?

 

[Pete polyp]

I just checked mine and the n base is 3 3/4" under water with using the 2 setting. Plus I have a 10 foot airline going out a window attached to the air intake

 

[Pete polyp]

Did you ever figure out what the problem was?

Yeah. I raised it to 3 3/4" deep and it skims like mad

 

[diablomaster9045]

bummer just as the DC versions just came out a few days ago. I have a Nac 5.5, Nac 6 , and a curve 7 and they are all awesome!

 

[killingseed2000]

got one , love it, works great! smaller then my other octopus skimmer but works just as hard.

 

[Pete polyp]

My brother has a reef octopus 200 (something) and when he saw my curve 5 in action he almost cried

 

[PaReeferJ]

I just checked mine and the n base is 3 3/4" under water with using the 2 setting. Plus I have a 10 foot airline going out a window attached to the air intake

That's odd... How long have you had it running

 

[Pete polyp]

Over 2 years