[titus]

Hello Shane,

Sorry but again, the business has been stopped for the moment because of other reasons. Mostly because I promised my family I will finish my thesis (yes, this is the beginning of the 3rd year of my Master).

Yes, like one of the members on this board said, reefkeeping is an addiction. A scary one. lol.

Here's a list of features for the 2 commerical brands....
Precision Marine
1) 2 models to choose from
2) good size pump even for the smaller model
3) cast acrylic (1/4" thick wall for tubing)
4) bottom mount
5) they used to bubble CO2 directly in the media but I think their latest models have changed to the aspirating venturi design

Korallin
1) 3 - 4 models to choose from
2) undersized pumps for the smaller models
3) top mount and aspirating venturi injected

And then there are minor details for each brand. Bear in mind also that none of these (doesn't matter what they say) are capable of self-siphon, which has to do with not only the pump size, but the water circuit design itself.

Before I started Canreef Aquatics, I had a Korallin C-1501. My experience with it was that it wasn't able to do self-siphon like it claimed. But overall, I think it is of a good product, just like many other ones out there. There are, however, minor details (such as media capacity, pump size, dual effluent capability, ease of media change) that I didn't like about it.

Bottom line, if I'm you, find the best deal you can get on either brand. And the rest of us on this board will help you out one way or another.

Titus