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12-08-2008, 01:40 AM
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I have a Mini BK 180 on my 120 gallon mixed reef. I got the BK something like 1-1/2 months ago give or take.
Before that I had run a mesh-modded EuroReef CS-6-2+. Overall I am happy with my BK. It skims about as much as the mesh-modded Euroreef but the difference is consistency. The BK skims the same, day in, day out. When I empty and clean the collection cup, by the next day I have one day's worth of skimmate, the same amount of skimmate as before emptying the cup. My mesh-modded (and gate-modded) EuroReef was finnicky, it wouldn't draw air unless you blew into the air tube, and the skimmate production was inconsistent. My nitrates went down from the 0.5 to 1.0 range (Salifert test) to 0.2 ppm since I have been using this skimmer. Phosphates are steady at barely detectable on the Merck phosphate test. Overall I recommend this skimmer if you have lots of money to blow, if not I would seriously look into the Bubble Magus. And I would get the 200 over the 180 if it will fit in your sump.
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120 gallon sps/anemones/LPS reef since 2004 Apex controller 8 x 54 watt T5 PowerModule Herbie's silent overflow system Jebao DC 12000 return pump Jecod CP-40 Cross-flow circulation device Mini Bubble King 180 Barr Aquatics calcium reactor Bucket fuge 
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12-08-2008, 01:51 AM
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ok it may end up being a huge beckett now... thanks to Chin.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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12-08-2008, 03:14 AM
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ok I don't think that im tracking you on that one
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. Last edited by Skimmerking; 12-08-2008 at 03:22 AM.
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12-08-2008, 03:19 AM
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Quote:
 you would have been better off buying the 1.00 burger that would have done the job, and cheaper to
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12-08-2008, 03:23 AM
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so you have one and your not happy with it
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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12-08-2008, 03:29 AM
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Nope, Never had a gourmet burger either
It is what I am starting to hear on all of the reef forums, they were the king but they are being bested by cheaper now. The build has according to almost everyone, aside from cusomt skimmer people, never been surpassed though.
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