Deltec MCE 300 and Deltec MCE 600 Skimmers

[andresont]

MCE 600.
I am using this for a month now.
I agree with everithing you mentioned.
However this skimmer defenetly needs work on its collection cup.
-Way too small and easily overflows
-Even when set up high and with little overflow tube it will bubble up and "spit" all over the place creating salt creep and pudles of water.
-Noisy but with Deltec vibration damperning rails somewhat quiet - er
-After a month of running still have bubbles returning and noisy water return splashing, Defenetly needs modifications.
-Skimmate is good, "Tunze" like performance very smelly, dark tea color DOC.
-Got rid of the hissing noise by modding with small black 35mm film container filled fith cotton face wipes, no hissing and air is filtered.
-For that kind of money collection cup is defenately my "patpeeve"

[Raf]

I agree it is on the small side

[BCOrchidGuy]

I don't want to be ignorant but the MCE600 sure looks like a CPR BacPak... are they very different? I had the CPR and added a wooden airstone, it worked like a hot damn.

Doug

[Diana]

not sure as I have not seen/used the skimmer you speak of...

So it has been 2 weeks+ of skimming and here is what I think so far:

Both skimmers skim very well, far outperform any Remora HOB I have seen. The MCE 300 being fairly new to the market still has some work tweaking some annoyances, mainly lids that don't fit tight, start up problems and a weird collection cup design. It still is worth the $$ IMO and as mentioned already, is skimming well.

The 600 I am very happy with. Skims a very thick foam and after a few days the cup is 3/4 full of the nastiest, smelliest sludge i have ever seen and smelt! I like how quiet it is and the overall performance. As mentioned previously, the collection cup is on the small side and can be difficult to clean if you don't have the right cleaning tool, in my case, a pipe cleaner to get into the nooks and crannies. This skimmer rocks and far outperforms the 300.