Bubble Magus NAC-6A Skimmer

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Kicks the crap outa my DIY recirc skimmer LOL

What size is your tank again?

75 gallons plus about 10 or 12 gallons in the sump. Tank is lightly stocked right now too with 2 small clowns, a six line wrasse, a neon dottyback and a small kole tang. This skimmer is probably overkill but I wanted something that will allow for more stock and coral feeding etc.

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

PS, I see alot of either Knock Off's OR, the true product that we buy here, only rebadged for North American sale. eg, the SunSun Vibration Pump in the wavemakers section. Looks an awefully like a Koralia 2. AND they even say it used Hydor tech!!! So, did they copy Hydor, Or, is the Koralia's we buyu just rebadged SunSun's?

Yeah, I see lots of people complaining about the quality of Chinese products but most of the products we buy are made in China. Somebody once told me a credible story about how Ralph Lauren would put an order in for 100,000 Polo shirts to the factory in Taiwan or wherever it was. The factory would charge $X per shirt plus the tooling up costs. They would then run off 125,000 shirts, 100,000 with the Polo label on them and put their own label on the extra 25,000 shirts which would sell at a fraction of the cost of the polo shirt. Same shirt, different label.

Now, that being said, there may definitely be some difference in the quality of parts used etc. for equipment depending on who is designing the specs. But a skimmer is pretty straightforward and these look very well put together. Nicer then a standard Vertex or Octopus etc. I haven't had a good look at a Bubble King or the new vertex cones in the flesh to compare but I doubt the BK is 5 times better then the BM. As for the Koralia pumps, just look at the box and it should tell you where it is made. I don't have one handy here. The Maxi-jet box I have says made in Italy. But the parts could come from China and we know how Italian cars are built so maybe that's not a great selling point

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Ron99

Skimmer was just under CDN $140 from reefshops dot com. Took a little over a week to get here from China even with the New Year holiday in there.

Nice skimmer, i went on their website and found a lot of good things.

I wonder how quiet is it?
Is the pump silent?

[Coleus]

if you get from China make sure it is 110V. I got mine from nuocean. Mine is in living room so i don't really care about the noise, the pump that produces air buble does make some noise like boiling water.

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

Nice skimmer, i went on their website and found a lot of good things.

I wonder how quiet is it?
Is the pump silent?

It is pretty quiet. If I listen for it I can hear it but it is barely noticable. The sound of the water going over baffles in the sump and return pump are louder.

[pangp]

did anyone have to pay any additional fees (customs, brokerage, tax, etc) on top of list price + shipping when you purchased from reefshops?

[Coleus]

i never did when i ordered from reefshops.

[pangp]

awesome!! also has anyone tried the "air standby" shipping method? if so, how long did it take?

can't wait to order my new BM NAC-6A!!

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by pangp

did anyone have to pay any additional fees (customs, brokerage, tax, etc) on top of list price + shipping when you purchased from reefshops?

I didn't but in my experience it is hit and miss. Depends on the Canada Post employees mood when they process your parcel

So you may have to pay.

[banditpowdercoat]

Nice thing about Canada Post is you will only pay the taxes and $5 brokerage. Not a percentage, like UPS!!