Skimmer Q&A Thread
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cet98
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dying to hear your opinion and see your pix
mike_dani
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MOJO, I just ordered my 300 gallon display tank and now I need a skimmer...... 425 gallons total system volume (assumption) going to have 6 tangs and 6 angels and another planning on 20 fish but the tangs and angles will be the largest.
SPS dominated mixed reef feeding daily maybe twice sometimes, what would you recommend. Victor says they have a new ATB 1050A with a single Askoll pump did you get to play with that and is that my best for money....
SPS dominated mixed reef feeding daily maybe twice sometimes, what would you recommend. Victor says they have a new ATB 1050A with a single Askoll pump did you get to play with that and is that my best for money....
Troylee
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pure craftsmanship rite there man!!!!that skimmer rocks you will not be dissapointed....i'm sure everyone that owns one will back it!!!!
reefgeek31
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I am in a holding pattern waiting to make this change and I would like to do the bb 5000 but I just don't know if the body can handle it. If anyone has experiance or just knows enough about skimmers please lead me in the right direction. Thanks
Jeremy R.
Community Member
I would go with the BB3000. IMO the BB 5000 would be too much for the MSX200 stock body.
luke33
2500 Club Member
You can do it with a 5000 you just can't give it all the pump. The bb5000 and askoll 1500 are both pulling alot of air. I hooked up a askoll pump that pulls 105scfh on my swc200 with extended collection cup. Through the sicce port it did around 45scfh. I tapped the body with a 3/4" id and it pulls 70scfh at 55w. Works just fine. I can skim dry tar or as wet as i want. I would imagine if you used the smaller union on the bb5000 it will do around the same. Just my opinion though.
reefgeek31
New Member
Luke funny to find you here back when i bought this skimmer you where one of the people I turned to for advice. So what you are saying is to just reduce the output side of the pump to 3/4 and that will throttle the pump back enough to keep things from to being to trubulent.
Do you feel the bb 5000 is on par with the askoll you are running? Where did you get your extended neck from? I am wanting to pull the trigger right now but I am worried.
Do you feel the bb 5000 is on par with the askoll you are running? Where did you get your extended neck from? I am wanting to pull the trigger right now but I am worried.
luke33
2500 Club Member
Its always easy to decrease the air then increase the air : ) I got my extended cup from myself lol. I have never ran a bb5000 so i don't know how it stacks up against the askoll. I have heard its suppose to pull 80-90scfh. So if it does, its somewhat comparable. The 200 can handle around 70scfh with the extended collection cup. Without the extended cup it can take 55scfh ok. Extended it is MUCH better. If you decrease the output side it will help you control the air.
reefgeek31
New Member
Mojo Im running a Swc 200 in a 140 gal with about 30 to 40 gals in the sump. The sump is 48x20x16 water is at 10" I'm running about 7 to 800 gph. Bio load is going to very heavy. I have found a passion for Anthia's and Wrasse that has taken over my love for SPS but they are still very important to me. I run MB7 and will be adding vodka here shortly. The tank is only 5 wks old (rock is a year old atleast). I am leaning towards the BB 5000s with the extened neck pretty heavy but being untested makes me worry a bit. Luke said I could throttle it back by reducing down to 3/4" but how would I Know if I still was getting to much air or water. What are the signs I would be looking for.
Sorry for the long post been waiting for your input for sure. Thanks
Sorry for the long post been waiting for your input for sure. Thanks
mike_dani
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mike_dani said:
So the SWC skimmers perform as well as the ATB. I really want the ATB but it is a budget thing now however I don't want to go cheap on the most important piece.
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Troylee
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The swc are good skimmers but there not gonna hang with the 1050 deluxe....with the extended bubble plate for more contact time and double bubble plate for very little to no turbulence at all..... They might hang with the econo line but atb didn't name the new line deluxe for no reason.... There's alot of little things and upgrades from standard cone skimmers that make it unique.....
mike_dani
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troylee said:
Ok so the deluxe is out as the cost is way up there, but hold on is the 1050 A with Askoll pump a deluxe. Victor did not say all he said was one pump pulling in 1400 liters of air.
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Troylee
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Ya they come with a single askoll pump.....
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