What type of protein skimmer do you use?

[Faciosity]

I have the reef octopus BH 300f. What category does that fall under? Works great and skims a lot, but sometimes makes anoying noises. I think I need to replace one of the internal pumps.

 

[holdendaniel]

Well have you taken the pumps apart before? Are there needle or mesh for your impeller......does a feed pump suck water and flow trough skimmer or does your drain run in series with your skimmer

 

[Bricky]

Currently using and ATB XL Cone and have a BK400 (Dual RD2500's) on the bench.

Perfect for the 3,000 gallon lagoon I'm dreaming of.

 

[BCT182]

SWC 250, with red demon needle wheels, upgraded reducers and a 6" tall neck added to the collection cup.

 

[Faciosity]

Reef octopus bh 300f
not sure which category that fits in?

 

[spllbnd2]

Have the following skimmers in use,
CPR Bak Pak Modded on 20H nano
CPR AquaFuge PS skimmer fuge combo on 20L tank
Aquatic Life 115 skimmer on the 7 gallon
Reef Octo NW110 modded going on the 65H

 

[Rothany]

220 corallife super skimmer lol. I know it's a pos ,but I meshed modded it and it is doing good on my 40b

 

[Hythe1000]

Red Sea C-Skim 1800 and a Hydor Performer 600DP (turned off)

 

[ntswift]

Ati bm 250

 

[lvsuckerfish]

and also have a Bk mini 160 DIY skimmer thats one is for my rimless tank

 

[The Apprentice]

more old school

old school here...Aqua-C EV180 w/mag7

Like Jake I am running Aqua-C"s
I have redundant Remora Pro's in a 150 modified to mag drive 5's
And redundant Urchins one pro one small school in my 75 gallon sps tank

All skimmers over 5 years old and still pulling the crud out.
Lots of new stuff out there, However this is working and payed for

 

[Dalbery]

ATI Bubble master 250 with white lightning pinwheels.

 

[MrGone]

CNC 300A (think SWC 250A extended neck) on my 230 gallon system (Askoll 1500).
Super Reef Octopus XP-5000 Internal Cone on my Dads 255 gallon tank (Bubble Blaster 5000).
Royal Exclusiv Alpha Cone 300 on the 535g display I'm building (2x Red Dragon 1500).

 

[LostCreekReefer]

ATI BubbleMaster 250

 

[CarlaW]

Barr Aquatics 4220 dual becketts

 

[The Apprentice]

Barr Aquatics 4220 dual becketts

Mr big bore these guys never mess around.

Hope your doing good ready for a cold snap, Not me
freezing in E-Oregon...
Take care Charlie..
Jeff

 

[eww]

SWC Mini S Cone on the main system. Euroreef RS100 going to the office tank and a Eshopps PSK-100h on the frag tank in the garage...

 

[Maxx]

H&S AF150-2001 with a mesh mod....noticed some improvement in performance, but not a whole lot.

I'm definately looking to see what's upcoming and what the "hot" new skimmer designs are for an upgrade in the future. One thing I keep coming back to is wanting a skimmer a rated for at least twice my systems size....

The new cone mesh skimmers seem to be pretty popular right now, and I know they're pulling monster amounts of air and using very little electricity to do it, but are they that big of an improvement over re-circ designs?

Nick

 

[CarlaW]

Mr big bore these guys never mess around.

Hope your doing good ready for a cold snap, Not me
freezing in E-Oregon...
Take care Charlie..
Jeff

I hate making $900 mistakes

Yeah, it is gonna get really cold here too, darn near time for a hot buttered rum.

 

[07FocusST]

Red Sea Berlin X2 Turbo.... and hating it!