Reef Octo vs. Coralife vs. AquaC Skimmers

by **Fixer10499** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:05 am

Which is the best? I went the LFS yesterday and they had Coralife on all the display tanks.

by **fihsboy** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:54 am

hehe, were they in sumps? Coralife works okay..........but they are touchy and very tempermental.........you will soon be bald with one. The AquaC are a great skimmer hands down. And the Octopus.......well I use a reef Octopus......and its one of the coolest skimmers I have used....and I have used all three you mentioned. My Octo doesnt have to be adjusted but maybe once a month.......it skims thick dark skimmate and will clean your tank right up. You cant go wrong with a reef octopus.

by **gdeeber** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:06 pm

I use to own a Coralife SupperSkimmer 65 for my 55 gallon tank. It pulled out skimmate every week but from time to time it would go crazy and overflow the skimmer cup. It is very touchy if your water perameters change. I now own a AquaC EV-120 and it works fine. I do not have a heavy bio load so I don't pull out a lot of waste. AquaC skimmers work well but for the money I would rather try something else.

by **fihsboy** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:52 pm

Yeah thats the down side with the Aqua-C. BUT, if your willing to give Reef Octopus a shot....you seariously wont be dissapointed. Im going to get the new extreme before christmas.......hopefully, its either that or there new cone skimmer. :)

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:35 am

ok ill put my 2 cents into it, i dont have a sump so i need a hang on the back skimmer, so i got the remora pro with the mag drive 3... works just fine in my opinion, never any maintainace besides cleaning the collection cup, a whopping 2 -3 inches wide and maybe 18 inches tall, not too bad.

by **puffedupseagull** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:45 pm

REEF OCTOPUS HAD ONE LOVED IT (CHEAP TO)

by **gumbii** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:16 am

reef octopus will out perform the other 2...

if you have a sump you should look into a vertex... they are affordable bubblekings...

by **fihsboy** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:20 pm

have you guys seen the new Reef Octopus skimmers? With the Insane pumps? They pull 81scfh rather then the 50 that the sicce pulls. And the other skimmers only pull 30ish with a mesh wheel. Im seariously considering buying the new super reef octo skimmer, because its a BEAST.

by **fihsboy** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:23 pm

Heres a link to the pump. :)

http://www.reefspecialty.com/p466/Super ... _info.html

by **gumbii** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:41 am

http://www.vertexaquaristik.com/index-en.php

i'm gonna see if i get a vertex 180 model for my 90g reef...

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