Bubble Magus NAC-6A Skimmer

[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?

[wisesam]

I am using the exact same unit and I am very happy with the performance.
The mesh wheel really gives out consistent fine bubbles. This unit skims very consistantly. One thing though is the plastic part on the pump that connects the intake piece cracked as I screw it in too much.

[banditpowdercoat]

Ya I would love to see a BK in person, compare it to the BM. I sure don't think BK are worth the price from what I have seen in pictures. Just because it's made in Germany, or Italy, does that automatically make it best? And ya Individually hand crafted, be it skimmers or cars, sure does jack up the price, due to the labour involved. BUT, no way can a human ever get the precise repeatability as a machine. To build a few things exactly the same is great, To build 1,000,000 things exactly the same, that takes a machine

[Ron99]

Finally got this into my sump. Having some mesh impeller issues that apparently aren't uncommon but it looks like replacements will be sent out to me. It's been running a little over 24 hours now.



Been pulling some nice dark skimmate already even with the minor impeller issue. This is 24 hours worth from a lightly stocked 75 gallon tank.

[lastlight]

oh kickass! What is the minor issue? Is that a Sicce or Atman in there?

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by lastlight

oh kickass! What is the minor issue? Is that a Sicce or Atman in there?

Advertised that it has the ATMAN..
http://www.reefshops.com/bubble-magus-bm-nac6.html