check it out!! my new skimmer!

wozza · 01-04-2007, 02:44 PM

it rated for up to 500lt.
it a beauty!!!
my info here
http://www.blau-uk.com/

cheers james

**Poseidon** · 01-04-2007, 03:09 PM

Nice! It looks like a EuroReef to me!

wozza · 01-04-2007, 04:02 PM

wow just looked at euroreefs site and it looks just like the RS series.
are EuroReef any good?

**Poseidon** · 01-04-2007, 04:34 PM

Yes they are. I think that is why your skimmer looks the way it does. It seems a lot of skimmer manufacturers are "emulating" EuroReef lately.

CSeaSee · 01-04-2007, 05:01 PM

Glad you got a new one! I hope it serves you well. Post a pic of the "scum" when it really gets broken in!

wozza · 01-04-2007, 06:46 PM

im not gonna have it running for a while yet.
ive gotta get my new tank and set my sump up and do all the plumbing and everything else but hopefully in about 2 months it will be all set up.
actually i should probly start a tank set up thread, everyone enjoys one of them

cheers james

ereefic · 01-05-2007, 12:01 PM

Looks to me like the Reef Octopus skimmer. I've got the NW-200 and it's almost identical, just bigger. Good skimmer.

wozza · 01-06-2007, 10:22 AM

yeah i think they may be made by the same company because the pump is made by Octopus.
do you rate yours?

james

ereefic · 01-07-2007, 02:51 PM

It works very well. I did reem out the elbow from the pump to the skimmer to make it a little wider and I drilled out the venturi hole to be able to slide in RO tubing. I added a flow meter to that to have better control of air and it is working better than stock. I also added the gate valve mod, really does nothing performance wise, just makes it easier to adjust when needed.

Good skimmer for the money. But I think there rating are greatly exaggerated.

wozza · 01-08-2007, 06:26 AM

mine will be on a 250lt tank and the skimmer is rated for 500lt so it should be ok.
i was thinking of doing the gate valve mod on mine aswell that way i can direct the flow in to a fliter sock, and have easyer controle over the flow.

james

wozza · 02-02-2007, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Glad you got a new one! I hope it serves you well. Post a pic of the "scum" when it really gets broken in!

here you go!
this is what it will pull in about 18 hours, im happy with it but i think it will be better in a month or so when i have had a change to play more.

cheers james

01-04-2007, 02:44 PM	#1
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 879	check it out!! my new skimmer! it rated for up to 500lt. it a beauty!!! my info here http://www.blau-uk.com/ cheers james Attached Thumbnails __________________ 65 US gal system BLAU 150NW in-sump skimmer 150w giesemann pendent 17 kgs of live rock Amphiprion ocellaris - Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion percula - Percula clownfish Centropyge bispinosus - Coral beauty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - Six line wrasse Zebrasoma scopas - Scopas tang Entacmaea quadricolor - BTA Tridacna derasa - Derasa clam 5 x Ceriths snails 10 x nass vibex snails 6 x Trochus snails Feather dusters Star polyps wozza's Aquarium Log

01-04-2007, 03:09 PM	#2
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,158	Nice! It looks like a EuroReef to me! __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

01-04-2007, 04:02 PM	#3
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 879	wow just looked at euroreefs site and it looks just like the RS series. are EuroReef any good? __________________ 65 US gal system BLAU 150NW in-sump skimmer 150w giesemann pendent 17 kgs of live rock Amphiprion ocellaris - Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion percula - Percula clownfish Centropyge bispinosus - Coral beauty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - Six line wrasse Zebrasoma scopas - Scopas tang Entacmaea quadricolor - BTA Tridacna derasa - Derasa clam 5 x Ceriths snails 10 x nass vibex snails 6 x Trochus snails Feather dusters Star polyps wozza's Aquarium Log

01-04-2007, 04:34 PM	#4
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,158	Yes they are. I think that is why your skimmer looks the way it does. It seems a lot of skimmer manufacturers are "emulating" EuroReef lately. __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

01-04-2007, 05:01 PM	#5
CSeaSee Mayor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 663	Glad you got a new one! I hope it serves you well. Post a pic of the "scum" when it really gets broken in! __________________ Carl Just tell your wife that having a tank teaches you all sorts of new DIY skills...which will save lots of money around the house...so you can buy more stuff for your tank...so you can learn more skills... Teaching freshmen takes an infinite amount of patience, a wonderful, sarcastic sense of humor, and a very quick, dry wit.

01-04-2007, 06:46 PM	#6
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 879	im not gonna have it running for a while yet. ive gotta get my new tank and set my sump up and do all the plumbing and everything else but hopefully in about 2 months it will be all set up. actually i should probly start a tank set up thread, everyone enjoys one of them cheers james __________________ 65 US gal system BLAU 150NW in-sump skimmer 150w giesemann pendent 17 kgs of live rock Amphiprion ocellaris - Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion percula - Percula clownfish Centropyge bispinosus - Coral beauty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - Six line wrasse Zebrasoma scopas - Scopas tang Entacmaea quadricolor - BTA Tridacna derasa - Derasa clam 5 x Ceriths snails 10 x nass vibex snails 6 x Trochus snails Feather dusters Star polyps wozza's Aquarium Log

01-05-2007, 12:01 PM	#7
ereefic Citizen Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 154	Looks to me like the Reef Octopus skimmer. I've got the NW-200 and it's almost identical, just bigger. Good skimmer.

01-06-2007, 10:22 AM	#8
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 879	yeah i think they may be made by the same company because the pump is made by Octopus. do you rate yours? james __________________ 65 US gal system BLAU 150NW in-sump skimmer 150w giesemann pendent 17 kgs of live rock Amphiprion ocellaris - Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion percula - Percula clownfish Centropyge bispinosus - Coral beauty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - Six line wrasse Zebrasoma scopas - Scopas tang Entacmaea quadricolor - BTA Tridacna derasa - Derasa clam 5 x Ceriths snails 10 x nass vibex snails 6 x Trochus snails Feather dusters Star polyps wozza's Aquarium Log

01-07-2007, 02:51 PM	#9
ereefic Citizen Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 154	It works very well. I did reem out the elbow from the pump to the skimmer to make it a little wider and I drilled out the venturi hole to be able to slide in RO tubing. I added a flow meter to that to have better control of air and it is working better than stock. I also added the gate valve mod, really does nothing performance wise, just makes it easier to adjust when needed. Good skimmer for the money. But I think there rating are greatly exaggerated.

01-08-2007, 06:26 AM	#10
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 879	mine will be on a 250lt tank and the skimmer is rated for 500lt so it should be ok. i was thinking of doing the gate valve mod on mine aswell that way i can direct the flow in to a fliter sock, and have easyer controle over the flow. james __________________ 65 US gal system BLAU 150NW in-sump skimmer 150w giesemann pendent 17 kgs of live rock Amphiprion ocellaris - Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion percula - Percula clownfish Centropyge bispinosus - Coral beauty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - Six line wrasse Zebrasoma scopas - Scopas tang Entacmaea quadricolor - BTA Tridacna derasa - Derasa clam 5 x Ceriths snails 10 x nass vibex snails 6 x Trochus snails Feather dusters Star polyps wozza's Aquarium Log

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