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04-02-2016, 06:44 PM
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Ice Cap KS-200 Protein Skimmer
Yesterday I received my new Ice Cap KS-200 protein skimmer from Reef Supplies. The skimmer comes with a Sicce PSK-1000 pump. I've no experience with this pump but it comes highly rated.
The build quality is exceptional. The body is all PVC and high quality acrylic. It beats the pants off the Tunze skimmer it is replacing. It reminds me very much of Vertex in terms of quality and attention to detail. It is amazingly compact for such a large skimmer. My sump area is quite cramped with only about 24" for height. The skimmer fits perfectly in the drain chamber of my Trigger Systems Ruby Elite sump with still lots of clearance to remove the cup. I was quite surprised - I thought that it would be a much tighter fit Assembly was easy. It doesn't come with instructions however there is a video online to guide you through it. It took about 20 minutes to get everything together. Operation seems very quiet but there is a noticeable hissing sound. I'm confident that it will quiet down considerably in the coming weeks after it breaks in. The small user guide that comes with it says it can take up to 4 weeks for it to break in. Overall I'm very happy with my purchase. I feel that I got a lot of bang for my buck. It looks really nice in my sump. Hopefully it lasts a long, long time. 
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04-03-2016, 02:38 PM
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Glad to see that some people are giving these skimmers a chance. On paper they sound awesome, so much so that I am really tempted to phase out a few of my other ones as the advertised airdraw to power draw is unrivaled.
Is there any chance you have access to a kill-a-watt or similar to see what its actual power draw is?
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04-03-2016, 05:55 PM
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I don't think you'll be disappointed. It's only been running in my system for about 24 hours and I'm very pleased with it so far.
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04-03-2016, 06:02 PM
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The reason I ask is the wattage and airdraw of this pump is so much better then the stock PSK-1000. I find it hard to believe what coralvue claims. Now I can see the air draw being better by running a custom volute, but if they are running a stock motor block I can't really see how they achieve their claims. I ask this as I have a fish room and grow operation so every watt counts, in my quest to run my "hobby" as efficiently as possible Sorry to bug you, but just an inquiring mind that wants to know if it really is as good as it claims. As if it is, its more efficient then the Red Dragon and Abyzz DC pumps for a L per watt number
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#5
04-03-2016, 08:10 PM
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Well as luck would have it it's water change day. I did what you said. Turned everything off but left the skimmer on. Fusion showed 0.9 amps. When everything is off it idles at 0.3 amps. So I assume the skimmer uses 0.6 amps. How does that compare to the Red Dragon?
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04-03-2016, 08:20 PM
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Thanks for the data... so that means its roughly 72ish watts... which is about what a normal PSK-1000 would draw (advertised as 67w). So its not as efficient as they claim, but makes sense as they used a stock motor block. so its no where near the Red Dragon needle wheels but is still a very great value. I was just very confused with all the vendors advertising it as only 22watts, when every other PSK-1000 draws 67 watts. The 60 watt RD is 2500L for 60 W so 41.67 L/W The PSK-1000 is 1000L for 67 W so 14.9 L/W where as: As Advertised its 1000L for 22W so 45.46 L/W a major difference You can see why I was excited when it was first announced, though I was highly skeptical as how they could achieve that using the same motor block. Still is a very good reliable pump.
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