Well I never said that the Impeller broke, it makes noise as in it rattles and I am waiting for a new one. The BM is a great skimmer but it is too much I believe for my tank as it will skim and then die off, I had it die off for three days one time and then it slowly comes back and will skim some nasty stuff. I would like a skimmer to be more consistent. The Omega well I think they just put too big of pump on it for its body size but that's just my opinion. The RO Prime was one I was looking at it because of the way the cup twists off I like that and you know what I bet it skims better then the Vertex just because of the pump and as for the Prime being a knock off I don't know, I read an article that the Prime was ready to go 1 year before the Omega was released but they did not have the new pumps for them and decided to wait, how much truth there is to that I don't know. So like I said I wanted to get the RO 150 INT as a back up or if I liked it use it full time and use the BM 9 as back up but they did not have it so I ended up with the Omega. I just wanted to post what I have observed so far and it just may help some decide on a skimmer.
So this is what I am saying.
1. BM 9 Great Skimmer ( have it for 8 months ) should have gone with 7.
2. Got the Omega and IMO does not live up to all the hype, and just posted what I noticed from having one.
3. I was think of the Prime but I got the RO 150 INT instead and I will post my opinion on it when I have used it and if I don't like it I may even try the New Coral Box Skimmer with the DC pump as it looks quite interesting. The one thing that I am starting to see is that the skimmer with the pump inside may be the way to go as it seems they do not have as much turbulence in them and act more like current and co-current skimmer no rotation.
That's what I am saying.
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