That's a Deltec, right? What model is it?Was pulling crud after 30 mins
This is approx 72hrs
Brilliant skimmer
May be little more expensive but longevity speaks volumes
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That's a Deltec, right? What model is it?Was pulling crud after 30 mins
This is approx 72hrs
Brilliant skimmer
May be little more expensive but longevity speaks volumes
That's a Deltec, right? What model is it?
I was considering getting the 1455 for my 60 cube...you have it on a 220? Maybe I should stick with the 1351? I need a new skimmer as my SRO1000INT isn't keeping up just stuck between the two...I have the 1455. Got it from Adam at Battlecorals around Black Friday, but only dropped it into my sump a couple of months ago. It's in a 40 gallon sump under a 220 gallon display.
Took a little while to settle in, kept blowing its own lid off, but it runs strong and steady now. Pretty new tank, with a couple dozen coral frags, a couple dozen CUC and no fish so far, but the skimmer still pulls some nasty out of the water.
The manual neck cleaner is a thin, rotating blade with a squeegee on it. You spin it, it wipes gunk off the inside of the neck, and you don't have to pull the cup quite as often. (I find that I want to pull mine about once a week.)
~Bruce
I was considering getting the 1455 for my 60 cube...you have it on a 220? Maybe I should stick with the 1351? I need a new skimmer as my SRO1000INT isn't keeping up just stuck between the two...
I was considering getting the 1455 for my 60 cube...you have it on a 220? Maybe I should stick with the 1351? I need a new skimmer as my SRO1000INT isn't keeping up just stuck between the two...
I don't see any skimmers listed on the Battle Corals website. Am I missing something?
I talked with Adam and he assured me the 1351 is plenty and it more than likely is. That being said the SRO pulls more than the 1351 and it can no longer keep up. The way I see it is if I get the 1455 I won't have anything to worry about except my skimmer idling at times. Cost isn't a factor because it's only like $50 more initially and then a few watts thereafter, plus it has a drain. Unless I am missing something I feel it's a no brainer to get the 1455 over the 1351.
Yes I was using air draw for that conclusion, and nothing else, not much else to go off. Ever since we moved and I started biopellets I can't get dry skim to save the life of me just real wet real light colored tea, from everything I have read the SRO line is great minus the 1000, and having had it for 3 years I can say it's good but not great, my nitrates and phosphates continue to rise that I have to change more water now than ever before. I want the thick dark skim I had before and have tried for countless hours to get it. So I am switching to a 1351 or 1455, the SRO1000 is probably great if you're not overstocked and running biopelletsBy pulls more, are you using the air draw to come to that conclusion? What do you mean by the Reef Octopus not being able to keep up? I've never run the SRO 1000 so I cant tell you one is better than the other but if it isn't working appropriately, I'd suggest you need to tune it better as it is plenty of skimmer for a 60g.
Yes I was using air draw for that conclusion, and nothing else, not much else to go off. Ever since we moved and I started biopellets I can't get dry skim to save the life of me just real wet real light colored tea, from everything I have read the SRO line is great minus the 1000, and having had it for 3 years I can say it's good but not great, my nitrates and phosphates continue to rise that I have to change more water now than ever before. I want the thick dark skim I had before and have tried for countless hours to get it. So I am switching to a 1351 or 1455, the SRO1000 is probably great if you're not overstocked and running biopellets
I've got their hob on my 75gal tank and it does a great job. Adam even thru in the media basket for it for free. If I ever get a tank with a sump I will definately go with a deltec as my skimmer. It does look like Battlecorals no longer carries them. His old links to them no longer work and neither does the search on his site. I wonder if Marine Depot struck some kind of exclusive retail deal with them for the US?
Marine Depot said they are the "exvlusive" distributor of Deltec in the US. So if BC's were to get them, they would have to go through MD.
I think it's kinda BS because MD only carries a few models, yet Adam could get any model you wanted.
Can't beat these things! As aMany off you know., I'm a long time ultra nerd for Deltec! Here's the king of the TC line! the 4580!