Skimmer Recomendations?

Discussion in 'Protein Skimmers' started by skmo41, Feb 23, 2012.

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  1. nwfd1725

    nwfd1725 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    the price is the same as swc website idk how he can be over pricing them
     
    nwfd1725, Feb 23, 2012
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  2. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    vertex skimmers are good skimmers and my personal fav that are made right here in the USA, Bashsea completely custom skimmer that is scalable some what.
     
    leighton1245, Feb 23, 2012
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  3. cbs3315

    cbs3315 Ritteri Anemone

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    I love my bubble magus. I don't think they get the recognition they deserve. They are reasonably priced and work extremely well. Jm2c
     
    cbs3315, Feb 23, 2012
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  4. coylee_17

    coylee_17 Fire Goby

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    Sorry I'm in Canada and temporarily forgot lol. The prices of Big Al's in Canada are much higher. I got mine directly from SWC and it more than $120 more at Big Al's.
     
    coylee_17, Feb 23, 2012
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  5. IBEW41

    IBEW41 Astrea Snail

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    if you stay with the 65 a octopus nw-150 is fine or if you might get a bigger tank the nw-200
     
    IBEW41, Feb 25, 2012
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  6. Foreverfishy

    Foreverfishy Purple Spiny Lobster

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    from the reading I have been doing Aquamaxx makes one of the best HOB skimmers out there and Vertex is good as well.. Not saying others are bad though those two I mentioned were highly recommended.
     
    Foreverfishy, Feb 26, 2012
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  7. skmo41

    skmo41 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for all the feed back. Havnet been on for a while busy week.
     
    skmo41, Feb 27, 2012
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  8. skmo41

    skmo41 Astrea Snail

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    So I have been scouring the forums for more info and have seen that vertex and reef octo are pretty reliable names and also have seen some poeple talking about the SC skimmers. So now the question is which one.... any more input on the reef octo and the sc i am reading the thread on the sc now, prior to was leaning toward the reef octo but for 80 less is the sc just as good?
     
    skmo41, Mar 1, 2012
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  9. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    Reef Octo is well known for making hard working, fair priced skimmers. I think of them like Toyotas. They aren't the flashiest but they are reliable, consistent, and good quality.

    I don't have any input on SC though.
     
    Thatgrimguy, Mar 1, 2012
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  10. Nismo400rgtr

    Nismo400rgtr Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    My vote for reef octopus as well...tried and true :)
     
    Nismo400rgtr, Mar 2, 2012
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