Greatest skimmer and why??

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

With all the things we spend our money on in this hobby I have noticed that some reefers alike myself have traveled from skimmer to skimmer , whether by the desire to find that ultimate skimmer that does what they desire or by trial and error and mechanical failure .........but what is your ultimate skimmer ?
Where have you stopped in the pursuit for the skimmer of your dreams ?


What is the greatest skimmer you have ever owned ?

I have owned six , I-tech 200, cadlight 1100, Swc 120 extreme, tunze 9200, Swc 160, and now a seaside aquatics Cs1 ....the cs1 is my greatest skimmer on my 57 rimless.

 

[TUSI]

Bubble king. My first was a euro reef was happy with it but the pump had to be replaced after two yrs and I made a decision to upgrade. Much smaller in size and does wonders

 

[Brando457]

I run an ATB 840 after running an ASM, and few reef octopusses. I love my ATB it performs well and pulls some nasty stuff.

 

[kingator]

atb 840 myself

 

[Jaftica]

ATB 8.5 deluxe, with airstar 1300, pulls out some nasty crap

 

[jerl77]

Advast cs1

 

[vio]

i run ATB 1050, i got 10 Skimmers b4, why ATB, because just do the job, Excelente, NEVER problem.


http://www.atbproteinskimmers.com/

 

[charliethetuna88]

My favorite hands down was my vertex alpha 200 with the vectra self cleaning lid. its was awsome very well built .I sold it cause I upgraded to tanks now im waiting for them to come back out with the 300 . Bubble king used to make the skimmer for vertex and paired it up with a red dragon pump .now vertex built a new factory were they make them for themselves .and the make there own pump now from what I understood .although red dragons are very good there also very expensive and hard to get parts for ..if not vertex bubble king would be my next xhoive

 

[strgazr27]

Avast CS1. But this also depends on the size of your system. Anyone who hasn't looked into this skimmer running it in recirc mode simply because it isn't a "Major" name is really missing out.

 

[ECFENCING]

I had an ATB 840 and deluxe on my prior tanks. Wish I had a tank large enough to accommodate. Never owned a Bubble King but never heard any bad stories. Have a Vertex Omega on my 50 now. Not a bad skimmer but as mentioned above the vertex alpha's are nice. If the ATB mikro is available I'd get that for the 50 gallon.

 

[MikeC]

I first had a ASM-G3 and then went to a SRO-XP3000E and love it.

 

[ssminnow81]

I love my bubble master 200 but I'm downsizing so I can't use it anymore. Sux

 

[duke62]

I had 4 different skimmers and hands down my SRO 3000 is a BEAST. And when I bough mine it was 370 and the site I got it from had a 25% off sale so got it at a great price. Now I see they go for almost 500

 

[Arati]

I have never ponied up for any of the very expensive skimmers.

I can say that my bubble magus 180-ex is a beast and fairly cheap.

MY CS3 is the sickest skimmer for just pure energy wasting chunk spitting glory

Avasta Marine CS1 and CS3 are a great way to get a much better skimmer and a cheap price by doing what amounts to a kids model worth of work yourself.

 

[mheaven]

The best skimmer I ever used is MTC 250 Beckett skimmer. It's a set it for get it skimmer, if you get the external collection cup you will never have a overflow issue. Thought it does need to be the external skimmer model.
For me it's the best bang for your $$$....

 

[greg 45]

Reef Dynamics

After using my share of skimmers this is what I have settled with
Works from day one no fine tuning needed

 

[lnevo]

After using my share of skimmers this is what I have settled with
Works from day one no fine tuning needed

What brand/model is it?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

After using my share of skimmers this is what I have settled with
Works from day one no fine tuning needed

Holy crap Greg what is that??

 

[vio]

What Size Do You Really Need?? lol.

 

[greg 45]

Skimmer is a XRC 1500
Built by Jeff @ Reef Dynamics
Also run his BPR 1500 Bio Pellet Reactor
System is over 1000 all anemones