110g Mixed Reef V2

[fishytime]

It finally arrived!!!!......big enough box!




......and it came full assembled and ready to rock....





first thing I noticed about it is, it is heavy.....very solid feeling skimmer....i think you could probably hit this thing with a truck.....the ER that the BK is replacing has a 5.5" diameter body and the neck tapers down to 4.5"....the BK has a 6.5" diameter body that tapers to 5.5".....the BK also has a bubble plate and a drain hole drilled in the collection cup....the pump is housed inside the skimmer body which makes for a tiny footprint...very impressed

I ran it in my kitchen sink full of just water and vinegar for a few hours last night.....this thing even produced a decent foam head in the sink!!!






I swapped it in this morning and left the drain plug open fearing it may go haywire and overflow while I was work today, but came home to a nice thick head and some dry skimate already(had it adjusted to skim dry)......very impressed and happy so far....

[Skimmerking]

nice skimmer mine is bigger ha ha ha ha the mini 200 has the 1500 RD pump why did ya only go with the 180 instead just curious.

[lastlight]

Very nice Doug very nice! I see EVERYTHING is coming before the skinning of the stand =) The weight is mostly due to those pumps...they're like thick bricks. Bricks that make hella nice bubbles!

[nanmer]

Nice skimmer! I wish I could share a beer with my skimmer (3rd pic).

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

nice skimmer mine is bigger ha ha ha ha the mini 200 has the 1500 RD pump why did ya only go with the 180 instead just curious.

I'd read that the BKs and other high end skimmers arent over rated and you should take the manufactures rating for what it is....cost was a factor too....not a ton of spare cash to throw at things like this....and then there's the g/f factor.....

Originally Posted by lastlight

Very nice Doug very nice! I see EVERYTHING is coming before the skinning of the stand =) The weight is mostly due to those pumps...they're like thick bricks. Bricks that make hella nice bubbles!

what skin!.....I like em nekid!.....they do indded make good bubbles......though its more like a mist...

Originally Posted by nanmer

Nice skimmer! I wish I could share a beer with my skimmer (3rd pic).

Thanks guys.....I had to welcome it home in style.....with a Kieth's or two....

[Lance]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice! With that extra skimmin' power I guess you'll have more room for more livestock now Doug.

[Leah]

Boy's and there toy's! how did you manage to sneak that thing in?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Lance

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice! With that extra skimmin' power I guess you'll have more room for more livestock now Doug.

More like the equipment is catching up with the Bio-load Lance.....the last couple weeks before the BK got here, my ER was filling the collection cup almost daily.....the fact that a ER rated for 135g was keeping up to a slightly() stocked 150ish g system amazes me......gonna miss that skimmer....