[pecan2phat]

Larger needlewheels are not as quiet as some assume. They can be as noisey as a beckett from the air draw.

Also IMO, it's harder to get a dry skim from a nutrient poor tank whereas a beckett will perform better in that type of enviroment.

[alrha]

Quote: Originally Posted by regal They can customize the cylinder height for you. LMK if yu are still interested. I'll send them an email to confirm and the pricing.

can they make an 8" cylinder skimmer fit in a footprint of 10"x14" (no more than 26" high) like the Bermuda Skimmer?

[kimoyo]

Quote: Originally Posted by pecan2phat Larger needlewheels are not as quiet as some assume. They can be as noisey as a beckett from the air draw.

Finally, someone said it

[inkblue]

i juSt emptied out mY cuP, but here'S my ASM G3 skimmer... itS been on foR about 1.5 montHs, aLways been good, but sometimEs overFlows on mE for whatevEr reaSon... othErwise, am happY with it.

[JohnnyI]

Quote: Originally Posted by pecan2phat Larger needlewheels are not as quiet as some assume. They can be as noisey as a beckett from the air draw. Also IMO, it's harder to get a dry skim from a nutrient poor tank whereas a beckett will perform better in that type of enviroment.

Please detail? I for sure dont want to end up with same noise as the MRC that I had... Noisey PIG! and the Iwaki 70rlt was not purring kitten either...

[Tonyscoots84]

heres a pic of skimmate for only 1 day ...

[pecan2phat]

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnnyI Please detail? I for sure dont want to end up with same noise as the MRC that I had... Noisey PIG! and the Iwaki 70rlt was not purring kitten either...

Becketts are noisey from the air draw, larger needlewheels can be noisey also from air draw.
Case in point, if you compare a needle wheel utilizing two eheim pumps to a beckett, yes the beckett is louder but the dual eheim needlewheel is not dead silent and can be close to a single beckett in terms of air draw noise.

Needlewheels utilizing aquabees (smaller NW skimmers) would fit the bill of being quieter to the degree of attaining a considerable difference in "noise" over a beckett skimmer.

As reference, I run an Ap600 (single aquabee) and an Ap702 (dual eheim 1260s)

As for the skimmate opinion, on the AP600 running on a 90g fowlr, I can get dark or light skimmate based on tuning. As for the Ap702 running on a 120g SPS tank, I can basically only get wet skimming after about 6-7 months due to the less nutrients in the water column. Skimmed great for the first 2 months, dark, light, wet & dry whereas a beckett would do better in this scenerio.

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[regal]

Quote: Originally Posted by alrha can they make an 8" cylinder skimmer fit in a footprint of 10"x14" (no more than 26" high) like the Bermuda Skimmer?

Which model? Internal or external?

[Jonathan]

I just saw a bermuda aquatics skimmer over the weekend. It looked well built, but i didnt look any remarkably different from other beckett skimmers in terms of the air injector. The venturi was really loud though. The owner had it plumbed incorrectly so I couldnt comment performance wise (he had the outlet pipe running too far causing back pressure and therefore fluctuating water level in the skimmer).

[Falco]

I am currently running a Euro Reef CS80 on my new 30g cube and a MR-3 Single Beckett on my 135g mixed reef.

I have had the MRC skimmer for about 2 years now and I happen to like it. It works really well for me but I can say it took me a few months to get it dialed in correctly. I don't have any good pics of it but I will try and get some when I go home tonight.


As for the CS80 I am very happy with it and its kicking major butt for a smaller skimmer. It has only been running about 5 days on my new tank curing rock and it has been pulling out a large amount of skimmate.

Here is a pic of the CS80:





I have also had experience with the Remora w/MJ1200 in the past and I really wasn't a fan of that skimmer as it really never pulled anyhing out

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