that skimmer is junk its got way to many peices takes up way to much realestat in the tank a pain to clean i got the octopus after and never looked back its a paper weight lol sorry just steering you in the righ direction
I agree with holding out and looking for a god deal on a used one. My best skimmers were bought used. I bought and sold an octopus 150 and 200 for less than the coralife. I also picked up my current ATB skimmer for not much more than what you would pay for the new coralife.
Reef octs are great, but not to go off topic, why are you using a hob if you have a sump
sorry i meant takes up allot of room in tank. but if you have a sump by all means i would def get an octo in sump skimmer. or any other skimmer for that matter lol it really is a horrible skimmer.