Aqua C Remora Pro

Bob1 · 01/03/2009, 10:50 PM

How would you rate this as a HOB Skimmer?

GSMguy · 01/03/2009, 10:55 PM

3 out of ten all 3 points are from the thickness of the materials.

Bob1 · 01/03/2009, 11:07 PM

What would you recommend? So far as a HOB goes.

Bob1 · 01/03/2009, 11:29 PM

How about Octopus HOB Skimmers models BH-300F or Model BH-800S

kdblove_99 · 01/04/2009, 12:11 AM

Remora are awful. I owned one. Loud, doesnt work, its junk all the way around IME.

Octopus seem to have decent HOB skimmers. Deltecs seem to be really nice but for the price, No way! Rip off

noboddi · 01/04/2009, 12:12 AM

Octos are good. Warner Marine or Bermuda Rogue Wave too

GSMguy · 01/04/2009, 07:37 AM

My favorite HOBs

Deltec MCE600 (look for a used one if the sticker shock is too much)

Cnc 125H ( used only as they are out of buisness)

Warner marine h2

Octo 800s with needlewheel

Bermuda rogue, only one on my list with the pump in the tank.

Deltec MCE 300 handles Bout 50g total but very low wattage

Coming soon
Atb Cone. No doubt this will be king.

murraycamp · 01/04/2009, 08:24 AM

I have owned two Remora pros and they were POS. I just bought an Octo bh2000 and am very happy with it. I would be careful about the 800s, as that Sicce pump may be too much pump for that skimmer body IMO.

HTH

SleepyJ · 01/04/2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally posted by murraycamp
I have owned two Remora pros and they were POS. I just bought an Octo bh2000 and am very happy with it. I would be careful about the 800s, as that Sicce pump may be too much pump for that skimmer body IMO.

HTH

How long have you had the 2000? Any pics of it in action? What is your tank like? I am torn between this one and the 800.

murraycamp · 01/05/2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by SleepyJ
How long have you had the 2000? Any pics of it in action? What is your tank like? I am torn between this one and the 800.

I have had the bh2000 about 6 weeks. No pics. Tank is an over-stocked, overfed 30 gal. softy tank with a high nutrient load. It is producing about 4 oz. of medium dark skimmate a day for me right now, but I am also dosing vsv, so that may have something to do with it.

I own two other skimmers using the Sicce psk2500 (an Octo Ex 160 and a MSX 160) and am reaching the conclusion that the Sicce is too much pump for a 6" skimmer in that it creates too much turbulence. That's why I think sticking it in that hob skimmer makes no sense.

Guygettnby · 01/05/2009, 12:56 PM

what size tank is this going on? what are you going to keep in the tank? need to know how much of a bip load your gonna have in order to give you a good guess on a nice simmer for your application.

oh yea and remora is junk

murraycamp · 01/05/2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Guygettnby
what size tank is this going on? what are you going to keep in the tank? need to know how much of a bip load your gonna have in order to give you a good guess on a nice simmer for your application.

oh yea and remora is junk

Good points. FWIW, I would be comfortable with the bh200 on anything up to about 50 gallons, as long as it wasn't an Acropora dominated tank.

01/03/2009, 10:50 PM	#1
Bob1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Farmington Mn. Posts: 100	Aqua C Remora Pro How would you rate this as a HOB Skimmer?

01/03/2009, 10:55 PM	#2
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	3 out of ten all 3 points are from the thickness of the materials. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

01/03/2009, 11:29 PM	#4
Bob1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Farmington Mn. Posts: 100	Followup Question How about Octopus HOB Skimmers models BH-300F or Model BH-800S

01/04/2009, 12:12 AM	#6
noboddi Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 813	Octos are good. Warner Marine or Bermuda Rogue Wave too __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem - William of Ockham Current Tank Info: 55 gallon (36x18x20), 40 gallon sump, 25 gallon refugium, TEK 6x39w fixture, Osmolator, Kalk Reactor, Vortech MP20, 2 Koralia 3s on controller, Acropora, Anthelia, Montipora, Starry Blenny, Yellow Watchman, Rainford Goby, Tiger Gobies

01/04/2009, 07:37 AM	#7
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	My favorite HOBs Deltec MCE600 (look for a used one if the sticker shock is too much) Cnc 125H ( used only as they are out of buisness) Warner marine h2 Octo 800s with needlewheel Bermuda rogue, only one on my list with the pump in the tank. Deltec MCE 300 handles Bout 50g total but very low wattage Coming soon Atb Cone. No doubt this will be king. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

01/03/2009, 11:07 PM	#3
Bob1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Farmington Mn. Posts: 100	What would you recommend? So far as a HOB goes.

01/04/2009, 12:11 AM	#5
kdblove_99 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frederick,CO Posts: 8,683	Remora are awful. I owned one. Loud, doesnt work, its junk all the way around IME. Octopus seem to have decent HOB skimmers. Deltecs seem to be really nice but for the price, No way! Rip off

01/04/2009, 08:24 AM	#8
murraycamp Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 492	I have owned two Remora pros and they were POS. I just bought an Octo bh2000 and am very happy with it. I would be careful about the 800s, as that Sicce pump may be too much pump for that skimmer body IMO. HTH __________________ Murray Current Tank Info: 65 gal. E. Quadricolor/A. Barberi system (VCV/inoculant); 60 gal. gorgonian/mixed scleratinian (VCV/ inoculant/solid polymers); 30 gal. Oxymonacanthus longirostris/octocoral system (VCV/inoculant); 80 gal Acropora (Zeovit); 27 gal. jellyfish system

01/05/2009, 12:56 PM	#11
Guygettnby Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: FL Posts: 3,050	what size tank is this going on? what are you going to keep in the tank? need to know how much of a bip load your gonna have in order to give you a good guess on a nice simmer for your application. oh yea and remora is junk