Skimmer?
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bstone
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I have had a Pacific Coast Imports and a TradeWInds Chiller. The TW wins HANDS DOWN. I have the 1.5 HP, so I can sit it outside. Very good unit. By having it outside you release all heat from it outside, and not inside like most other chillers. I have been very happy with mine.... I highly recommend it !!
P.S> The Reeflow skimmers kick butt, they are a good price too. I would really look at them or a large EuroReef. Best bang for your buck in my opinion
nyvp
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scotts # is 612-387-7377 there is a lot of attention to detail and custom with the volcano that you cant get with the reflo's. How about this my skimmer wasn't all that I wanted and scott(spazz) flew in on his dime and redid what I wanted AND did a acrylic demo for our local club. prob cost him close to a grand to make sure I was happy.
jnarowe
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Ok...first of all, I don't think the ReeFlo comes in a size suitable for your tank, based on my discussions with them.
Barring the ReeFlo, in your size requirement, very few skimmers will beat the Volcano for all-around electrical cost effectiveness and skimming power. Deltec, BK, et. al. are all over-priced and under perform IMO. The one clear positive about the Deltec is getting the SCH. This is a major issue when looking at buying a commercially made skimmer, so please keep that in mind.
If ReeFlo makes a bigger one, how do you know it will perform like the smaller ones?
And if you are going for pure long-term efficiency, it's hard to beat a counter-current airstone skimmer like mine. It draws 120W and pulls out 2 - 5g of nog per day, depending on how wet I am running it. And the "wet" is still so putrid, when I emptied the collection bucket last night, the other two guys present fled the tank room. And it only cost about $600 to build...
If I was going to buy one made by someone else, I would give the Volcano a long hard look.
Barring the ReeFlo, in your size requirement, very few skimmers will beat the Volcano for all-around electrical cost effectiveness and skimming power. Deltec, BK, et. al. are all over-priced and under perform IMO. The one clear positive about the Deltec is getting the SCH. This is a major issue when looking at buying a commercially made skimmer, so please keep that in mind.
If ReeFlo makes a bigger one, how do you know it will perform like the smaller ones?
And if you are going for pure long-term efficiency, it's hard to beat a counter-current airstone skimmer like mine. It draws 120W and pulls out 2 - 5g of nog per day, depending on how wet I am running it. And the "wet" is still so putrid, when I emptied the collection bucket last night, the other two guys present fled the tank room. And it only cost about $600 to build...
If I was going to buy one made by someone else, I would give the Volcano a long hard look.
well my evaluation of the reeflo is that it performns amazingly well, i hooked it up to a 100G rubbermaid with no fish in it, just LR and within 5 minutes this is the skimate i was getting
within an hour it pulled out twice of that easily, i highly recommend this skimmer for anyone going with a system that is at or under 800G i think it could easily handle the bioload
within an hour it pulled out twice of that easily, i highly recommend this skimmer for anyone going with a system that is at or under 800G i think it could easily handle the bioload
Just spoke to Scott. The skimmer he is building for me is 75" tall with 18" body. Other options include: auto shut off, phosphate and O3 ports, bottom drain for easy emptying, he will also build a wet neck in this skimmer. Other recommendations? Scott has incredible knowledge about skimmers. Looking forward to receive this monster skimmer in one month.
Anyone with Scott's email address? Thanks
Anyone with Scott's email address? Thanks
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