Coralfreak
Premium Member
Well, after running this for a weeks to come up with an opinion, I thought I'd post a few pics and throw out some thoughts on my new Deltec 851. While they are pricey, it is an amazing skimmer, the amount of stuff this pulls out, while using only 52W of power, is quite incredible. I would say it is pulling out 2-3times the amount of my old skimmer, while using 1/3 the power!
It is being gravity fed from one of my overflows, seems to produce much better this way, I fed it with a pump the first few days until I had the time to plumb it in.
This is after 30hrs of running, may not seem a huge amount of skimmate, but it is much more than my old skimmer would have collected and the smell would about knock you to the ground
My answer to the question, are they worth it, is yes they are.
Allen
It is being gravity fed from one of my overflows, seems to produce much better this way, I fed it with a pump the first few days until I had the time to plumb it in.


This is after 30hrs of running, may not seem a huge amount of skimmate, but it is much more than my old skimmer would have collected and the smell would about knock you to the ground



My answer to the question, are they worth it, is yes they are.
Allen