DAS skimmer club

[Creetin]

The ex1 has a 3 inch neck as well so that is a limiting factor.

 

[skwirl]

anybody got a d.a.s. bx model?

 

[KEstep]

The BX models are not so great. I had a ton of them a few years back on a lot of my tanks. i took them all off. The only one I kept was a BX2 that does pretty good. They are just regular needlewheel skimmers.

 

[lgresham]

I live in Dallas, with Pet-O-Ramas all around me, and I am just about ready to pull the trigger and buy a D.A.S. EX-2. I have been agonizing over what skimmer to get for the new 130 I have set up. I have gone from Octopus all the way to the BM 250, and I went and looked at the EX-2, and I loved it. I saw it on one of the display tanks, and the nog was really impressive. 399.99 for the nog I saw is a great deal imho.

 

[treejohnny]

i currently have one old EX-2.........would like to change it out for EX-3........anyone interested ?

 

[hahnmeister]

What a club... not a pic in sight...

 

[USC-fan]

ex-2

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[Creetin]

Heres my old ex1 in operation.

Now the new DAS ex3 in operation. Its just set up after a good cleaning. I wil get some nog pics up soon.

Heres a shot of the micro bubbles that fill the body, All are super small, No big burps or high turbulence.

Heres a pic of one of the 3 pumps it has. The body is pretty darn big, Its like a BM250 but twice as tall.

 

[hahnmeister]

So are these DAS pumps the same as the regular Aquabees other than the impeller, or have they done other things to the pumps? I just wonder if I can buy a regular aquabee, mesh-mod it, and get the same performance...???

 

[lisaFL]

Yes - its the aquabee 2000/1 pump with the european impeller/needlewheel.

 

[hahnmeister]

Same input, same outlet, same volute, same speed? Sorry, just checking...

 

[lisaFL]

it is the non-modded aquabee 2000/1 ... If deltec modifies teh inside of the US version 2000/1 from the euro version other than the 50/60 hz ... then i'm not sure.

However it is a Deltec Aquabee 2000/1 pump with the euro wheel inside.

all 3 of my pumps are mesh modded!

 

[lisaFL]

the following pictures are off my EX-3 ...

 

[treejohnny]

what is the mesh mod..........is that what comes stock on the das ?
i currently have the das ex-2.......but getting more volume of tanks soon.....

 

[hahnmeister]

No the mesh is not stock... I also wonder what kind of improvement there may be with the mesh. ATI's threadwheel eheim 1262 was able to do 1800lph, double what a regular needlewheel can.

 

[lisaFL]

the meshmod nearly doubles the air input of the stock 2000/1

 

[USC-fan]

nice pic of that ex-3. Are you using that on a 29 gal tank!?!!!???

:eek2:

:eek1:

 

[lisaFL]

... long story short ... no, its on my 265g display/350g total reef.

 

[skwirl]

well....
i have heard alot of people say that the bx models are not good performers, but i beg to differ.. i have the bx2 running my system for the time being, and the foam is connected from the riser to the bottom of the collection cup, and the entire surface of the skimmate is always foam.. i cant bekeive how much air these pumps pull.. its crazy..
i may post some pics tomorrow.

 

[treejohnny]

ok.......i am real interested in the mesh mod.......i am setting up 280G and have 75G with 100G sump......where do i find more info on the mesh mod ?