check this beast of a skimmer i just got....overkill maybe...never

[Mbeef61]

this thing is a beast.....super super quiet though...ill have updates with skimmate pics. 30 inch tall...10 inch diameter...2 recuirc pumps...lets just say it was a crazy deal.

[H20cooled]

That should work really good, the Eheim pumps on there quick but for skimming. What brand is that?

[Mbeef61]

octopus ddnw-250 i believe is the number

[R-3]

Yeah thats one of the new Dual Recirc. They are suppose to be really nice. Heres a link.

http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22_35&products_id=96

Later Ryan

[CCR]

this thing is a beast.....super super quiet though...ill have updates with skimmate pics. 30 inch tall...10 inch diameter...2 recuirc pumps...lets just say it was a crazy deal.

Let's just ask, How crazy a deal? Any other "deal" on em?

[H20cooled]

The only downfall that I see to it is the fact that they say the pumps are rated for 90W each which is very high, I would be interested to see how air they are pulling out of 90w. I bet with a simple switch to a mesh wheel you could lower that power consumption and greatly increase the air input.

[Mbeef61]

kinda risky for me to consider with this investment...also considering its rated for like 4 times my system....the deal was about 1 third the online price and no this is a one and only deal. and yes its new

[Mbeef61]

it says they are 65 watt 790 gph eash...http://www.aquacave.com/detail.aspx?ID=1015

[impur]

Very nice. At 790gph each it seems that intake pipe should be larger?

Can't wait to see it in action

[H20cooled]

it says they are 65 watt 790 gph eash...http://www.aquacave.com/detail.aspx?ID=1015
Thats strange cause the other link (http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22_35&products_id=96)says that they are rated for 90w each. 65W seems a lot more reasonable for those pumps, from what I can see they look like Ehiem pumps.

[reefgeek84]

Thats strange cause the other link (http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22_35&products_id=96)says that they are rated for 90w each. 65W seems a lot more reasonable for those pumps, from what I can see they look like Ehiem pumps.

Rich, I have the single recirc one, and its pump is 65w's and I am willing to bet they are using the same pump, except two are on that bad boy...

[H20cooled]

Yeah I looked at one of them at Waves this weekend and I think they are re-labeled Ocean runner pumps.

[Mbeef61]

did they have my model at waves....if they did i was just wondering what they were asking for it

[H20cooled]

Nope Joel has the smaller single unit ones.

[reefgeek84]

look at this one... http://www.aquacave.com/detail.aspx?ID=1014 soon they are just going to wrap pumps all the way around one, LOL.

[nu2reef-n]

That's the way the big Deltecs are set up.

[Mbeef61]

yeah they already have a 4 pump version too...ironically called the 4000, i saw it on a reefcentral thread...a guy HAD to upgrade from the 3 pump version to the 4 pump...lol

[H20cooled]

4 pumps like that is extremely inefficient, for the 60w of power they use each they only put out around 10lpm of air. With a modified Ehiem 1260 pump it takes around the same amount of power but puts out 30lpm of air. So, you would be a lot better off with 1 Ehiem then 2 or 3 of these pumps.