Octopus "Extreeme" Skimmer Line

[hahnmeister]

The externals do have a drain line on the cups... look close. Internals... well, you dont want them on internals usually.

 

[luke33]

I've heard that all coralvue supplied wholesalers are getting the octo extreme's with the regular octo pump's and only the swc supplied dealers are getting the octo extreme's with the sicce pump's. Is this true?

 

[ostrow]

Yeah, the REAL Gulf Streams would certainly move a lot of water!

 

[Fishbulb2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11194399#post11194399 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by luke33
I've heard that all coralvue supplied wholesalers are getting the octo extreme's with the regular octo pump's and only the swc supplied dealers are getting the octo extreme's with the sicce pump's. Is this true?

Man, I would hope not. They really wouldn't be so extreme afterall:lol:

 

[ostrow]

sorry bout posting that here. i suffered from thread confusion.

 

[luke33]

Ostrow....was wondering what you were talkin about! lol

 

[ostrow]

Yeah, that's normal for me.

 

[FishAreFriends2]

Are there Extreme Octo Hobs?

 

[Jayson]

Coral Vue will not have the SWC xtreme skimmers with the Sicce pumps! They will only be available from SWC dealers. Thanks

 

[dphins]

Is Premium Aquatics a SWC dealer?

 

[Jayson]

They are not an SWC dealer right now. Thanks

 

[jefnalyssa]

I was planing on purchusing the Octopus DNW-150 Recirculating
Protein Skimmer. Should I wait for the extereme? Is It alot better? What would it be rated for?

 

[jasonfrey]

We finally got in the Extreme skimmers. They are all online at
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Octopus

They do not have the succi pumps, it's a modified OTP-2000 or OTP-3000 needle wheel. Coralvue felt this was a more durable pump for these skimmers with better long term performance.

They are really nice looking, can't wait to hear some feedback on them.

 

[dphins]

Are you going to test one out?

 

[hahnmeister]

Wow, more durable than a Sicce? Considering how many people there are with Turbine pumps that blow out, Im shocked there arent more Sicce owners reporting the same. I bet its just 'we believe its more reliable {only costs us $5 to make} than the sicce {that would cost us $40 more!}'.

 

[b16drag]

2 more days until the Xtreme comes out... I'll be waiting for the reviews on these badboys.

 

[Leopard Man]

Performance wise what's the difference between the internal and external models?

 

[jasonfrey]

Hi,

Ya, it's hard to say on the pumps on which is better, but i'm sure cost always plays a role.

I think we'll get out an extreme TS150 and PS150 because i would like to see how they perform, since it's almost the same skimmer except with a different neck design.

On the external, main difference is that's recirculating skimmer. Basically makes it a little more efficient, since the needle pump's only job is making bubbles and small feed pump takes care of the flow, plus gives you the ability to run it external if you want.

 

[Leopard Man]

Thanks Jasonfrey,

I have a total of about 65g volume, but I want to stock it heavily with sps and soft corals as well as lots of small fish. You think getting the external one rated 350 gallons is ok, or overkill?

 

[Leopard Man]

One more thing, what's the litres per hour on each model?