LIFE REEF or go back again later.
LIFE REEF or go back again later.
My 2 cents
Yes to LIFE REEF flat out love mine! heavy duty, simple, works, stable running. I went with the svs24 and mazzi injector mag 9.5 on mine. sort of loud, runs on a mag 9 what do you expect. "Water Blaster will be my next pump I put on it when the mag dies to fix that" still quieter than the chiller which goes back to the MAG 9 pump again.
No to Reef octopus RO-ps-1000int works great for me as well. But its very fussy about water level. Has to be the right depth and stay there all the time or it will flood the cup.
NO to SWC 300A little funky on the pump and materials they make it out of "delicate" but cheap and works well for the cost. HUGE for 600$ but I would have made a better life reef investment had i had a choice as it Came with a tank tear down buy.
No to aqua C EV-120. They had good Customer service.. I never got there skimmer to work for me. but they were built heavy duty. Too fussy
Most skimmers are fussy about stability of water level out side the unit and inside the unit. if you understand how they work and why they are doing what they are doing you can adjust most any skimmer to work great.
In closing I'd always buy a Life Reef. I prefer the internal model you can break down. the flange model, and bigger is better. All my other skimmers are garage buys and tank tear down saves. The life reef is on my mixed 100 gal SPS tank that i care about the most because I trust it. You don't need anything cool looking to skim good. Put your money where the performance is not the frills!
curent tanks are
Main display is 100 gal sps tank Bare bottom, auto water change, KALK top off, dosed, Fuge, Reef bright led n t5 combo with attached 20 g frag system. 50 gallon quarantine set up. Loaded 30gal Red sea LPS tank REEF bright led n t5 combo.
100 gal FW tank custom filtration.
NEW Growing 400 gallon mixed reef t5 led BB.
