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    Posted: May 04 2015 at 4:58pm
The time has come to upgrade from my AMS G3 Skimmer. I want something that's space saving but is powerful enough to handle my tanks bio-load.

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235 Gallon reef
10 Fish (more soon to come)
I feed a pinch of small pellets twice a day
35 gallon refugium
G3 Skimmer (with occasional Ozone dosing)

These are the two I've been considering. I've done some research on both but it's hard to tell between the two. I've been out of game game for a while and am unfamiliar with these brands so some guidance would be great. 

Vertex Omega 180i Skimmer
Pros - Quite, Wine Bottle Style, Strong construction, Screw top
Cons - Maybe too small for my system and the size up from this one (the 200i) has very mixed reviews, long break-in period, more difficult to adjust

Reef Octopus 8" Regal 200SSS Space Saving Skimmer
Pros - Rated for 200+ gallon tanks, Shorter break-in period, easy to adjust (gate valve + controllable pump)
Cons - Cup has to be pulled out (not screwed), Not a wine bottle style

I'm really stuck here so any advice is much appreciated. Also if you have any suggestions on other make/models please let me know. I want something big enough for my system, quite, smallest footprint to effective filtration ratio, and a good construction.
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Do you have to have pump in skimmer
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have you looked at the eshopps s200 or s300.  I used to run an s150 on my old system and it was flat out awesome.
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badfinger:
Currently AMS runs inside the sump and it's pump runs outside of the skimmer. My sump is pretty small and space is at a premium hence why I want a more space friendly skimmer.

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I'll look into those make/models. Thanks
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Have you considered bubble magus?

A curve 7 or curve 9 would do wonders in that size aquarium

I run a curve 7 on my 150 G display / 40 G sump system
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Only reason i ask is cause i have heard the reef octopus sro-3000 skimmer is top notch. And that is from mojo over on reef2reef that has tested alot of skimmers
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Plus its cheaper, more gallons (300).... he says the pump to the size of body and neck is almost perfect together

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Bob:
Those look like a good bang for the buck but they do seem a bit on the loud side. I found this video kind of showing that - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxdj8yojWrY

badfinger:
I just read and watched a few things about the SRO-3000SSS and I'm really digging on it. Thoughts? Here was a pretty good review on it that I found - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XJ76dxD864


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Since you have a 235 reef i would personally do the one with the pump out of the body. It will give more contact time. And as brs says 250 for exterior or 220 for interior
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Originally posted by Sculpin Sculpin wrote:

Bob:
Those look like a good bang for the buck but they do seem a bit on the loud side. I found this video kind of showing that - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxdj8yojWrY

I have the BM Curve Skimmer; no way is it anywhere near that noisy... I can tell you why that guys is noisy, though... when he assembled it he didn't tighten the retaining bolts that hold the pump in place on the base tight enough. I know because I did the same thing; mine were loose when I first put the skimmer together,r and it made a resonating buzzing noise until I tightened them down. Now it is dead  silent.

Here are a couple videos, to show you what the skimmer SHOULD sound like:

https://youtu.be/sYksZ-JbDVM


https://youtu.be/8o6wfIf0QzI




Edited by BobC63 - May 04 2015 at 10:52pm
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