Reef Octopus BH90 for 75 gallon?

mattix · 11/13/2013, 10:40 PM

I'm a newbie when it comes to protein skimmers, as this will be my first. Looking for a quite HOB protein skimmer for my 75 gallon, as the tanks is 5 feet from my bed. I was looking at this one or the reef octopus BH2000. The tank will be moderately stocked with a few soft corals. Bulkreefsuply has it rated for heavy stock 75 gallon, but not sure on how accurate that is.

ocellaris123 · 11/14/2013, 12:47 AM

I used to have the bh2000 in my bedroom on a 60 reef, and I had to unplug it at night because my then girlfriend could not sleep through the noise. It worked really well but is noisy. I currently run the bh2000 (keep lps, sps, soft) on an 80 gallon mixed reef. Never had experience with the 90 version.

mattix · 11/14/2013, 10:32 AM

With the bh90 being 350 gph and the bh2000 at 500gph, I'm thinking the newer model makes up for that loss of gph. I heard that it's better than the bh1000 but haven't heard of anyone putting it on a 75g yet. Also I heard that these got a new pump a few years ago and hoping you had the older style pump. Maybe the newer ones are quieter? I'll probably get the bh2000 sinch I don't want to underfiltrate but it would be nice to get the smaller quieter pump. Unless anyone has a bh90 on a 75g?

11/13/2013, 10:40 PM	#1
mattix Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Whittier, CA Posts: 152	Reef Octopus BH90 for 75 gallon? I'm a newbie when it comes to protein skimmers, as this will be my first. Looking for a quite HOB protein skimmer for my 75 gallon, as the tanks is 5 feet from my bed. I was looking at this one or the reef octopus BH2000. The tank will be moderately stocked with a few soft corals. Bulkreefsuply has it rated for heavy stock 75 gallon, but not sure on how accurate that is.

11/14/2013, 12:47 AM	#2
ocellaris123 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,123	I used to have the bh2000 in my bedroom on a 60 reef, and I had to unplug it at night because my then girlfriend could not sleep through the noise. It worked really well but is noisy. I currently run the bh2000 (keep lps, sps, soft) on an 80 gallon mixed reef. Never had experience with the 90 version.

11/14/2013, 10:32 AM	#3
mattix Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Whittier, CA Posts: 152	With the bh90 being 350 gph and the bh2000 at 500gph, I'm thinking the newer model makes up for that loss of gph. I heard that it's better than the bh1000 but haven't heard of anyone putting it on a 75g yet. Also I heard that these got a new pump a few years ago and hoping you had the older style pump. Maybe the newer ones are quieter? I'll probably get the bh2000 sinch I don't want to underfiltrate but it would be nice to get the smaller quieter pump. Unless anyone has a bh90 on a 75g?