A little help for all.

[Sea-men]

Tell us about the best/worst piece of aquarium equipment you have ever purchased?

 

[Ntvper]

a skimmer on ebay some brand named sky something, a sick sebae anemone, top fin anything except the tanks, had the worst luck with algae fix by API. it seemed to enhance my algae not fix it.

 

[Ntvper]

well i cant edit my post. something is wrong, but i did wanna tell you my best equipment by far is the Odyssea PS75 skimmer and the Odyssea WP 1000 pump. for the money hands down awesome n cheap. reliability is awesome skimmer is over 6 months and works like a charm. the pump is three years old been through a pond and saltwater tank and is purring like a newborn kitten with no breaks, jams, is quiet and for the money i have by far gotten more out of it then my old mag n ehiem which seem to break after the year mark.

 

[xmenx2dad]

One of the worst things I had is a seaclone skimmer. What a piece of junk

 

[reign]

Y know their called sea-clowns on RC..
Funny though you can mod them ok ..should be on here (cutting the internal riser..

 

[seesick]

Ya sea-clones suck it was my first skimmer…. I can how ever recommend a needlewheel protein skimmer over any down draft skimmer...... got a new cone skimmer and love it….

 

[Flippers4pups]

Coralife Super "Sucker" skimmer. Made it into a media reactor and it works rather well with seachem purigen pellets.

 

[reign]

Cone X needle wheel skimmers the way of the future ..low energy use high performance..
Of course I've always been a fan of the CONES!!

 

[sgallant04]

I have a corallife super skimmer and have been very pleased with it.

I really detest how much money it costs for small/nano custom skimmers.

I bought a Tunze nano DOC .. what a cheap hunk of junk the same for sapphire skimmer. Cheap modded home brew hunks of junk. give me something engineered and manufactured correctly please.

I have been most pleased w/ Eccotech marine propeller pumps. not inexpensive for sure, but has been a very reliable piece of equipment.

 

[Lps157]

ACIII- was the best money I ever spent.

Second to that was my BM-NAC7 Skimmer.

Worst was AquaC Remora skimmer

 

[Gomer]

Best was an APEX
Second best was an ATO
Third best was Dosing pumps
...you can see where I'm going with this


Worst...hmm. I had a Remora C that was crappy but didn't pay for it

 

[seesick]

ACIII- was the best money I ever spent.

Second to that was my BM-NAC7 Skimmer.

Worst was AquaC Remora skimmer

Ya Dan (LPS157) I got BM-NAC7 Skimmer made by bubble magus nice skimmer. I was a little concerned when I ordered it because it’s a Chinese company, but imprested when it came. The plastic is a little thin but it skims very well… I would deff. Recommend this skimmer…

 

[puffin04]

One of the worst things I had is a seaclone skimmer. What a piece of junk

+1

I did work at a machine shop back then and modify the cup and also the intake of air and it turned out better then before. Of course i am refuge guy and dont believe in hang on backs. lol

Steffen Sparks

 

[puffin04]

Probably my best investment was my RO/DI unit!!!! I dont know about you guys but i was sick to hauling 5 gallon jugs of water for evaporation and water change. I think they are worth there weight and good and have other uses such as cooking and drinking as well.

My skimmer is probably my best investment. I use a Octopus extreme 200 with the PSK-2500 pump. I would say it has been one of the best skimmer since it does 225 gallon average bio-load and uses less then 30watts?!?!? Can't beat that! The new model are coned and have the gate valve mod. Thanks

Steffen Sparks

 

[ReeferBill]

Best vs worse

Best vs worse

Best additoin to my 46bow reef was 38gallon refugium , i trade in cheato for frags at LFS. Worst-Leaving my new Nova Extreme Pro T-5 X 6 39watts running for about 6 months without a cover and totally corroded it and voided the year manufacturs warranty. Happy Reefing Mexico!!!!!!:beer:

 

[dsepp]

ATO is the best by far. Took about three weeks of manually dumping in water every day before I gave up and got it. Best decision ever.

Worst was the Remora C skimmer. Seemed to work ok but was LOUD and that made the wife grumpy. Never a good thing. Turned it off after a year and have a nice quiet tank now.