Octopus NW-150

Hello all, after a dreadful experience with a Red Sea Priszm as previously posted I am in the market for a new skimmer. I am going to purchase a bigger tank (76 gallon half circle) and I am leaning towards the Octopus NW-150? Anyone have any experiences or feedback?

Reef Octopus NW 150 Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer* - AquaCave

 

Octopus makes a good skimmer. You will be pleased with it.

 

I have the Octopus NW-110. I think the skimmer is great. I will say the instructions are non-existent! I actually used the picture on the Aquacave site to put mine together (yes, the instructions are that bad). It probably took 4-5 days before it really started producing good icky stuff, and it takes a little adjusting to get the water level just right. I loved the small footprint (I have enough junk in my sump) and cleaning the cup is much easier than the Berlin I had.

 

Triplemom, are these any better than what came with the skimmer?

http://www.coralvue.com/pdfs/NW150B Instructions.pdf

I have found out that the pics on the coralvue site are out of date, it makes me wonder if the instruction manuals are out of date also.

 

hear is a thread about the NW-150

http://www.3reef.com/forums/protein-skimmers/octopus-nw-150-skimmer-help-me-please-61335.html

 

i started that thread. and kinda took shots at first. only cause i was still frustrated from my old skimmer. i should update that thread and let yall know how much i enjoy the octo now. you will def be pleased with its performance. the nw 200 is not much more if you want to be safe get that one. any thing from 150 up will be more than enough for that size tank.

oh and def clean it off first.lol

 

I didn't even get that, so yes, it's much better! All I got was a page with the diagram - it didn't even have the parts labeled! I basically went to the picture on Aquacave and assembled the thing by the way it looked in the picture - trial and error!