George's 180g peninsula reef tank

[George]

I am still building the plumbing. At the mean time, my skimmer arrived. It's a Reef Octopus SRO-3000I (aka RO-PS-3000I). It's rated for 300g. I spent a lot of time researching skimmer because I believe a good skimmer and one that is properly size for your tank is very important.
I heard a lot of good things about reef octopus skimmers. The pump they use on most of their skimmers, the bubble blaster pump, claims to be the first of its kind that is specifically designed for skimmer usage.
I didn't go for a cone version because of a couple reasons. 1. The cone one is insanely more epensive than the non-cone one. 2. I still don't believe that a cone can outperform a non-cone one with the same pump.
Here are some pictures of the skimmer.

It came in a nice box.


Packaging


Skimmer cup cover. Nice logo


Bubble blaster 3000...


Assembly is easy and quick. Took me less than 10 minutes to assemble the whole thing (including 5 minutes to find out where is the screw hole for the air hose holder)


Sit in the sump nicely.