which protein skimmer is better?

[jenreef]

1. bubble magus nac7
2. reef octopus 200
3. aquac ev 240

my tank is a 120 gallon mixed reef tank with softy's, lps, and sps

 

[REEEFMAN]

GEO

Sorry don't have any experience with the others.

 

[jenreef]

im looking at marine depot and i am a little confused do you have to buy the pump seperate for the aquac ev?

 

[allsps40]

Stay away from AquaC they suck at best. Out of the 3 the bubble magus is the best then the Ocot 200. I have been using an Octo NW110 for 2 years and I think they make good skimmers.

 

[kameleon23]

I am just breaking in my new XP2000 Cone Ocotpus and its working great. My last skimmer was an AquaC EV180 and i had more trouble fine tuning that skimmer than any piece of equipment i have ever owned!

 

[sasharotty]

Stay away from AquaC they suck at best. Out of the 3 the bubble magus is the best then the Ocot 200. I have been using an Octo NW110 for 2 years and I think they make good skimmers.

Well, some people have had no luck with them and others (like myself) think they are very good skimmers for the price.They can be finiky but once their dialed in they are terrific skimmers imo.

 

[pwa]

I absolutely love my Bubble Magus NAC7!! Its quiet, lots of micro bubbles. Can't speak to the others but I'm really pleased with my NAC7.

PWA

 

[tkeracer619]

I would look at the Octopus SRO 3000 or Octopus xp2000

 

[jenreef]

purchased the reef octopus rated for 250 gallon tank. hope i made the right choice

 

[allsps40]

You will be happy with it. Check out threads on moding if have a NW model.

 

[jenreef]

i did not get the nw one the one i got i think it's called reef octopus 8. it's from marine depot

 

[THE ROOK]

Reef Specialty has the new version of that skimmer for the same money. It comes with the new sicce pump & a gate valve.

 

[jenreef]

well thats a bummer, i purchased the skimemr where they have the old version

 

[THE ROOK]

I would really consider cancelling the order as they don't ship on sundays. I don't have the new version. I have the older 200 & it's a good skimmer but the gate valve is definitely worth the trouble of cancelling an order, imo. Really wish I had one.