Any Reef Octopus Owners?

[Big_Als_London]

You're an admin silly... Can't ban you.


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You've tried haven't you?

 

[Neopimp]

Oh I am above admin. Where I exist the rules of physics change.


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[Salty Cracker]

You're an admin silly... Can't ban you.


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Still wouldn't save me on AP lol.

 

[Neopimp]

Still wouldn't save me on AP lol.

Lol

Or in Papua New Guinea


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[Salty Cracker]

My atman pump will protect me!

 

[sunnykita]

love those Salty rants ! almost spit coffee all over the computer screen

 

[jeffopentax]

Wow, did I ever derail this thread! Sorry hark! Rather amusing, though I do plan on buying a curve 7 by years end...

 

[Poseidon]

Way to go Salty! BAM!

 

[hark]

Hahaha its ok, I had fun reading through it all.

Sounds like reef octo got the most votes ;-). I'll post pictures with whatever I end up with

 

[hark]

I picked up a slightly used http reef octopus super ro 2000 skimmer for 175 bucks today. Gonna give that a whirl to start

 

[EricTMah]

Keep us posted on how you like it.

 

[reef keeper]

I had a RO 150 internal. I used it on a 150 g and it did ok, but I had to do 20% WEEKLY wc on my tank to stay even with the algae. I am using it on my frag tank now. I bought an MRC MR3 and in 4 days I can't even see in the skimmer and a bucket is full of stinky skim. I likely wouldn't go back to a needle wheel.

 

[unibob]

I had a RO 150 internal. I used it on a 150 g and it did ok, but I had to do 20% WEEKLY wc on my tank to stay even with the algae. I am using it on my frag tank now. I bought an MRC MR3 and in 4 days I can't even see in the skimmer and a bucket is full of stinky skim. I likely wouldn't go back to a needle wheel.

How do you find noise on it? I remember I had a big @$$ Beckett skimmer at one point. Thing just rocked, but was noisey.


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[reef keeper]

There's a bit of a hum. The skimmer has some Mickey mouse injector on it that looks home made. I ordered the right one from MRC which will be here tomorrow. Service is excellent thus far. Will post some pics of the scum after 5 days. It's nasty!

 

[Salty Cracker]

The skimmate out of my reef octopus is not liquid by any stretch, it's "scoop it out" gunk. I'm pretty sure mine is a needle wheel pump... But people can have different experiences, I find algae on the glass is pretty much impossible to avoid, even when I ran an ultra ultra low nutrient system, the glass still needed daily cleaning.

 

[theyangman]

I have to clean mine off as well, the skim mate is a gooey mess. Kinda like white glue consistency. But rinsing it won't take it off. I have rub it off with my hands.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

I have to clean mine off as well, the skim mate is a gooey mess. Kinda like white glue consistency. But rinsing it won't take it off. I have rub it off with my hands.

Why dont u get one of those mini toilet bowl scrubbers to do it from the dollar store. Thats what i use, works great

 

[Salty Cracker]

For a couple bucks more you could likely get one of the employees from the dollar store to come over and clean out your skimmer. Man, they get some interesting people working there.

 

[theyangman]

Doesn't Brandon work at dollarama?

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Bahaha