Look at what's in my box. (SWC cone skimmer)

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by marie

At least yours came with instructions...but then again my bubbleking didn't come in as many pieces as yours

It was between this skimmer and a BK. The reason I went with this one is that the BK is $600 more, and I wasn't sure if the BK I wanted would fit under my crawl space where my sump is. Plus I was curious to see how good the cone skimmers really are. Let my guinea pig days begin.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

It was between this skimmer and a BK. The reason I went with this one is that the BK is $600 more, and I wasn't sure if the BK I wanted would fit under my crawl space where my sump is. Plus I was curious to see how good the cone skimmers really are. Let my guinea pig days begin.

hey as long as your happy that is all that matters, mind you i have been there done that with skimmers, lights , everything else. now I'm all about filling my tank with SPS and buying top notch gear. mind you when I had my ATI bubble master skimmer that was probably 2nd skimmer that i really liked compared to my BK 200. mind you the only reason i got rid of the skimmer is the sicce pumps werent a great pump IMO/IME, after a power failure they would not stat up again they had to be helped out abit.. other then that the skimmer was pulling amazing crap out of my tank...
they also have the BM 300 with 3 pumps that is a wicked skimmer too... rated for 750 gal. but I will have to check out the tanks when I come up, and help ya tweak that skimmer too. I may need a ride from the base to your house and i will buy the coffee's thou... is that is ok..

[Skimmerking]

HEY wait a min that skimmer is EXTERNAL RIght

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

hey as long as your happy that is all that matters, mind you i have been there done that with skimmers, lights , everything else. now I'm all about filling my tank with SPS and buying top notch gear. mind you when I had my ATI bubble master skimmer that was probably 2nd skimmer that i really liked compared to my BK 200. mind you the only reason i got rid of the skimmer is the sicce pumps werent a great pump IMO/IME, after a power failure they would not stat up again they had to be helped out abit.. other then that the skimmer was pulling amazing crap out of my tank...
they also have the BM 300 with 3 pumps that is a wicked skimmer too... rated for 750 gal. but I will have to check out the tanks when I come up, and help ya tweak that skimmer too. I may need a ride from the base to your house and i will buy the coffee's thou... is that is ok..

Yep, no problem (FYI I tried wording this a few times without it sounding bad, but it wasn't working to well! )

Originally Posted by asmodeus

HEY wait a min that skimmer is EXTERNAL RIght

Yes it's an external one. The pump it comes with is an Italian made Askoll 1500 pump. Custom enlarged volute and pinwheel.