Best skimmers in the industry: Who gets your vote?

[Brew12]

I love the Bubble Magus. I had the NAC 5.5, but now I have the Curve 7. The only ones I have had, but I love them.

I have the Curve 7 also. Only working skimmer I have ever owned. It does seem to skim great, but it is very touchy. Running for well over a month now and every once in awhile it will still get unstable and flood the collector.

Could be operator error (very likely) but those are my observations.

 

[djd3mon]

Reef Octopus. Cant wait to get my 150 int.

 

[scardall]

Aquamaxx is it for me. It is my 5th skimmer to date.

 

[Robthorn]

I understand that everyone has an opinion and that's what this is about! Who do you think is the best?

Bubble King. Many other very good brands listed here though. As always just my opinion.

 

[eleet]

Deltec

 

[hybridazn]

Geo's Reef skimmer hands down

Built like an absolute tank, doesn't feel brittle like some other skimmers. I've owned quite a few skimmers from asm, reef octopus, euro reef, etc.

 

[p7willm]

One thing you rarely see in reviews is how easy/possible is it to clean. Gunk in the bottom may not affect how it skims but my OCD makes me want to clean it. I had, until yesterday, a Reef Octopus internal, and I tried to clean it. It's all glued together and the best I came up with was running it in the sink with ascorbic acid to dissolve some of the gunk. After cleaning it was sitting on the counter and fell into the sink and snapped the motor off (thats why I had it until yesterday) The replacement will be my second and I rejected some because it would be hard/impossible to clean. I picked a reef octopus sss cause it looks like I can take it apart to clean. As a bonus the sss has a smaller footprint to allow more room for the rest of the junk I have added, or want to add, to the sump.

 

[Black Pearl]

Lifereef is a monster, wouldn't have any other

 

[roberthu526]

I have reef octopus and aquamaxx and they both work fine.

 

[Baby Ray]

I have used eshopps and reef octopus and reef octopus is hands down the better of the two. I have never used anything else but reef octopus gets my vote.

 

[cginter]

Reef octopus and skimz. I've owned both and don't have complaints for either of them.

 

[Rjramos]

Me like my MRC(My Reef Creation)! This one is an MR-1 model with 1 single Beckett inductor. I added an additional extension for increased reaction time. It works great, easy to maintain, and being external, doesn't become encrusted with growth. The plexi construction makes it durable and leakproof, no salt creeping!

 

[4FordFamily]

ASM for bang/buck

 

[Maritimer]

The only one I've ever had (that was worth a plug nickel...) is a Reef Octopus HOB "2000", and for a HOB, that thing kicks butt & takes names. Just pulled a pretty full cup of nasty greenish-black skimmate out of it, that's about three days' production (with the note that I'm currently dosing about 2.5ml of No3Po4-x thrice daily...). It _is_ noisy, with a constant, rhythmic gurgle that is reminiscent of waves lapping at the shore, and a soft buzz from the lid of the collection cup. I tame the lid-buzz with an Apatosaurus model whose weight distribution helps clamp the lid just that little needed bit.

Currently casting my eye about for a skimmer that'll tidily handle a new (to me) 220, so this thread couldn't come up at a better time!

~Bruce

 

[Mjl714]

Lifereef. Low maintenance, quiet and efficient operation.

 

[North Borders]

Hands down the best... Puts Deltec, Bubble King, Vertex to shame

"You too can have crystal clear water and up to 30 tangs in your 20 gallon nano with our amazing skimmer/filter combo!"

 

[Ross V]

Vertex once you get them tuned in they are amazing. Have used reef octopus and skimz skimmers also.

 

[tomtom2245]

I've used two different Reef Octopus skimmers, one internal and now a HOB, love both of them.

 

[aquaman30k]

Nyos 160. I've also enjoyed the SRO line and recently had great success with a cheapo JNS cone s.

 

[702]

Bubble King is the best I have ever owned performance wise. I have owned multiple I-Tech models, multiple Euro Reefs, multiple coralvue, cpr , remora, multiple vertex models, Reef Dynamics, mad dog, I am sure I missed a couple.

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