Rockfish Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 so I just got my skimmer in the mail and I must say if you're looking for a skimmer on a budget then you should strongly consider getting one of these!!! :D here's some pics!! box when it got here..... the packaging was EXCELLENT!! here's the body out of the box now the only downside was that the instructions were quite detailed but included NO pictures of any kind!! so i gotta bump it down a notch for that!! I'm a very visual person and to see a diagram very once in a while! But after literally 4 minutes of fooling around with it and here's the finished product!! and after another 10 of fixing my sump here it is running for something that runs 169.99 i'd say GO FOR IT!! Link to comment
addisonlee25 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Got one too, works great! Link to comment
xcode Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 What web site did you order it from. I have been looking at this skimmer for some time. Link to comment
Rockfish Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 What web site did you order it from. I have been looking at this skimmer for some time. aquariumspecialty.com Link to comment
jayiNH Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 wow that is a great price for that skimmer, looks like it will get the job done nicely. kinda reminds me of a euro-reef but without the pricetag, and thats always a good thing in this hobby. Link to comment
Nemo Niblets Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Awesome. Those skimmers are supposed to be machines for their cost... they do better than lots of skimmers that are more expensive. Tons of rave reviews on these on RC, great choice. Thanks for the review! Link to comment
Rockfish Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Awesome. Those skimmers are supposed to be machines for their cost... they do better than lots of skimmers that are more expensive. Tons of rave reviews on these on RC, great choice. Thanks for the review! as always glad to help!! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 nice writeup, but writing it off after a few days of use because its freaking out after your water change doesnt do this skimmer justice. probably its a good indication that something is wrong with your tank or you just need to let it break in. chances are if this happened to this skimmer, other skimmers might do the same thing as well. Link to comment
Falcon_Punch Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 quick update.......still overflowing and driving me nuts almost 2 weeks in to it!! i'm really considering returning it or selling it Do you add anything biological? Like carbon dosing or BW Microbacter7 kinda stuff? Link to comment
pdowden Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Did the skimmer ever get broken in? Link to comment
Rockfish Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 FINALLY!!! after 2 and a half weeks!!!! Link to comment
nano427 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have one and like it alot. I've had it up and running for over a year. The only problem that Im having is that the pump doesn't like to restart anymore, but I think I have the gen 1 pump. Im looking at using a sedra 3500 on it Link to comment
MedicBMC Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I was having a hard time deciding between this and the Reef Octopus 110. Ended up going with the 110, but we'll see. You said "FINALLY" what happened is it running like it should be now? Link to comment
Rockfish Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I was having a hard time deciding between this and the Reef Octopus 110. Ended up going with the 110, but we'll see. You said "FINALLY" what happened is it running like it should be now? YES!! and i have to take back the previous statements....the thing pulls dark nasty foul gunk out of my tank!! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 should edit the tread title then Link to comment
coolwaters Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 lets see that nasty stuff =) Link to comment
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