My new Bubble King mini 200 Skimmer

[DeltecRules]

Here is my new baby I got from premiumaquatics

The Box

Nicely wrapped in bubble wrap

Here she is

The heart of the beast - mini red dragon needle wheel pump - 1000 LPH of air, 528 gallons an hour, 38 watts of power

 

[SaraB]

Very nice skimmer!

 

[reefman77]

very nice. you will need to get some pics of it running!!

 

[ostrow]

You have that on a 55 gallon?

I looked into those and they are nice skimmer but even at PA's reduced prices the BKs are twice as expensive as the Bubblemasters, with less than half the air draw of a BM250.

It's nice though and will absolutely keep that 55 crystal clear!

 

[ppurcell]

It cracks me up that they have skimmers that start at $850 and go up to $8,150 and they can't provide pictures of all 14 individual models. I guess if you have seen one Bubble King you have seen them all.

 

[DeltecRules]

Its going on a 120 gallon with a 30 gallon sump soon I am just running on this temporarily.

The bubble masters are nice but the construction is not even close to the quality of bubble king. The collection cup alone is CNC milled and weighs as much as the body. The foot print on the BK mini 200 is also smaller than the bubble master 250. What is even nicer is that the BK mini has a needle wheel compared to the meshwheel. The meshwheel I have seen in many posts where people have to trim the meshwheel to get there pumps started again because the meshwheel is too long. I rather have something plug and play and not worrying about cutting meshwheels to replace or clean constantly. If you add any more LPH of air you would flood the skimmer, 1000 LPH of air is perfect for this skimmer. My skimmer will skim tanks up 300 gallons which is also plenty. So far this skimmer is worth every penny.