update: I decided to change my skimmer again as I mentioned the Marinetek is a monster! The footprint on this sucker is 11" x 14" it was literally vibrating the sides of my little 12" wide sump and making a horrible noise. So I found a good deal on a used Reef Octopus NW150 out of the USA, of course Murphy's Law had to rear it's ugly head on this issue as well!
I open up the package to find this:
Needless to say I was choked! At least the guy who I bought it from got insurance on it so we are currently working on some kind of compensation. I am using it now as I was able to glue and silicone it back together. The octopus sure pulls great skimmate and is nice and quiet!
Here's of couple of recent shots as my tank rides out the velvet issue. Despite all my setbacks I love this hobby
patience is something I'm battling with as I want to get more beautiful fish! I'm not going to go crazy on corals as for me it's about my fish wishlist. I'm slowly adding a few soft corals etc and probably minimal SPS. Here's a couple of recent pics:
Oh and my 5 yrs old daughters current fav.......Patrick!:
Of course Nemo and Dory will be coming soon!!! Jacques is hanging in there!