Skimmer for 1000gal tank

[clekchau]

wow that is some serious nog, nice deltec

 

[GMFett]

thanks man- shes my baby- keeping the reef happy!

 

[PJsStuff]

what about the Turboflotor 5000 Skimmer Twin - 72in ??

 

[clekchau]

what is your budget?

 

[PJsStuff]

less than $3800 prob no more than $2000 (thats what i can get the Euroreef rc1000 for)

 

[clekchau]

you can get a "volcano" from spazz in that price range. i was in your same position for my large tank and researched for months, deltec, bubble king, h&s, mrc, hsa, precision marine all of them, for the bang for the buck spazz's skimmers win hands down. now if you had 3-4k you could go with a bk or deltec, they are great skimmers but kind of pricey. needless to say, a volcano the same price as a rc1000 would blow it away.

 

[MightyMike3434]

Did you find something?

 

[PJsStuff]

I emailed this Spazz guy but never heard back from him.

 

[clekchau]

leave him alone, he's busy building my skimmer

no really, i'm sure he will definetely get back with you soon

 

[IMAGINEER]

Yea, but the BK 500 only consumes 1 pump 76watts vs 200watt on the others mentioned and 365/24 = $$$$

 

[nitdjg]

I like RK2! Im happy with my choice.

 

[46bfinGA]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9278906#post9278906 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clekchau
you can get a "volcano" from spazz in that price range. i was in your same position for my large tank and researched for months, deltec, bubble king, h&s, mrc, hsa, precision marine all of them, for the bang for the buck spazz's skimmers win hands down. now if you had 3-4k you could go with a bk or deltec, they are great skimmers but kind of pricey. needless to say, a volcano the same price as a rc1000 would blow it away.

You cant get a Spazz skimmer for 2K. Well atleast i couldnt?Whats your secret????

 

[clekchau]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9337089#post9337089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 46bfinGA
You cant get a Spazz skimmer for 2K. Well atleast i couldnt?Whats your secret????

what size did you request? i can't speak for scott or how much he charges and why prices change so, i'm not sure what to tell you

 

[PJsStuff]

How good are the My Reef Creations protein skimmers?

 

[clekchau]

they are great, just more expensive to run and time to maintian since are beckett skimmers, not needlewheel

 

[PJsStuff]

too many choices.

 

[nyvp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9334164#post9334164 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by IMAGINEER
Yea, but the BK 500 only consumes 1 pump 76watts vs 200watt on the others mentioned and 365/24 = $$$$

My only problem is that the bk 500 cost 4k vs the spazz volcano at 2k how long will it take to make up $2000.00 at 100 watts a day?

 

[DrBDC]

So a difference of 112 watts X24X365/1000=981 kwatts@year. If you pay 10cents it would be 98.11@year. So it would take 20.4 years to break even. If you pay 20 cents@kwatt it would take 10.2 years to break even. In St. louis we pay .0427/kw so it would take me 47.75 years. Good possiblity I'd never see break even point.

 

[clekchau]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9342753#post9342753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nyvp
My only problem is that the bk 500 cost 4k vs the spazz volcano at 2k how long will it take to make up $2000.00 at 100 watts a day?

don't forget to mention, your "volcano" pulls more air than a bk 500

 

[nyvp]

A- who knows where I'm going to be in 10-20 years
B-who knows what my tank will look like in 10-20 years
C- Who knows what technology will be like in 10-20 years
D- If you add in time value of money what will 2000 be worth if invested it today in 20 years?
E- Most important why did we get into this hobby anyway ?