Turboflotor Blue 1000 Protien Skimmer

HOBrien · 01/11/2009, 04:02 PM

Does anyone have any experience with these? It would be going on my 120 long

THE ROOK · 01/11/2009, 05:05 PM

I have a Turbofloter 1000 & I feel your money could be spent better if purchasing new. While mine works & I have a very light bio-load, they are very tempermental. It seems the best money spent these days would be a MSX/Octopus or Vertex. You can resell one of these for probably a $50 loss if your not happy. The turbofloter on the other hand are tough to resell.

J.R.L. · 01/11/2009, 05:36 PM

i agree, if your tank is going to have a light bioload,fed lightly, with lots of live rock and sand, then maybe....i had a 1000 on my 75 and it worked okay but now that i have an octo 200 the turbofloater is garbage compared to it

HOBrien · 01/11/2009, 07:29 PM

ok thanks as I was looking at the new HOB one.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...5&pcatid=19685

Icefire · 01/11/2009, 07:56 PM

I have an HOB T1000 on my 110G with 50G sump.

Pulling 1000ml a week of black skimmate with a medium bioload and 2-3 cube of frozen food/day

HOBrien · 01/12/2009, 10:37 AM

Thanks for that info Icefire

hairyman1 · 01/12/2009, 02:06 PM

Hey Icefire you should be pulling more than 1000 ml a week from a system your size. Is your venturi clean? You should be pulling around 300+ ml a day and I don't mean wet skimmate either.

Icefire · 01/12/2009, 05:32 PM

hairyman1 well it's BLACK skimmate, not light green, very potent.
I just changed the way it was installed, and cleaned and within 2 minutes I had 2 inch of foam on the head.

It's running with an Aquabee pump.

hairyman1 · 01/12/2009, 11:35 PM

Black is cool man. What size aquabee are you running?

01/11/2009, 04:02 PM	#1
HOBrien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Abilene, TX Posts: 1,439	Turboflotor Blue 1000 Protien Skimmer Does anyone have any experience with these? It would be going on my 120 long __________________ Heath Disabled Vet Current Tank Info: Have a Neo Nano just set up.

01/11/2009, 07:29 PM	#4
HOBrien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Abilene, TX Posts: 1,439	ok thanks as I was looking at the new HOB one. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...5&pcatid=19685 __________________ Heath Disabled Vet Current Tank Info: Have a Neo Nano just set up.

01/11/2009, 07:56 PM	#5
Icefire Seasoned reefer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In Quebec, Canada Posts: 3,653	I have an HOB T1000 on my 110G with 50G sump. Pulling 1000ml a week of black skimmate with a medium bioload and 2-3 cube of frozen food/day __________________ Temp 80F, PH 8.5-8.0, Alk 6.8-7.2, Ca 430, Mg 1700, NO3 0-0.25, PO4 0.04, 34.4 PPT Lights @ 100% all others, 35% White Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 120lbs live rocks, Hydra52 2x120W, 2 MP40+ 1 MP10 @ 70%, Phosban 550 GFO+Carbon, 200W Heater, SWC Skimmer, Kalk ATO, 150 gpd RODI

01/12/2009, 10:37 AM	#6
HOBrien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Abilene, TX Posts: 1,439	Thanks for that info Icefire __________________ Heath Disabled Vet Current Tank Info: Have a Neo Nano just set up.

01/12/2009, 05:32 PM	#8
Icefire Seasoned reefer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In Quebec, Canada Posts: 3,653	hairyman1 well it's BLACK skimmate, not light green, very potent. I just changed the way it was installed, and cleaned and within 2 minutes I had 2 inch of foam on the head. It's running with an Aquabee pump. __________________ Temp 80F, PH 8.5-8.0, Alk 6.8-7.2, Ca 430, Mg 1700, NO3 0-0.25, PO4 0.04, 34.4 PPT Lights @ 100% all others, 35% White Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 120lbs live rocks, Hydra52 2x120W, 2 MP40+ 1 MP10 @ 70%, Phosban 550 GFO+Carbon, 200W Heater, SWC Skimmer, Kalk ATO, 150 gpd RODI

01/11/2009, 05:05 PM	#2
THE ROOK Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 2,100	I have a Turbofloter 1000 & I feel your money could be spent better if purchasing new. While mine works & I have a very light bio-load, they are very tempermental. It seems the best money spent these days would be a MSX/Octopus or Vertex. You can resell one of these for probably a $50 loss if your not happy. The turbofloter on the other hand are tough to resell.

01/11/2009, 05:36 PM	#3
J.R.L. Moved On Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 529	i agree, if your tank is going to have a light bioload,fed lightly, with lots of live rock and sand, then maybe....i had a 1000 on my 75 and it worked okay but now that i have an octo 200 the turbofloater is garbage compared to it

01/12/2009, 02:06 PM	#7
hairyman1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 271	Hey Icefire you should be pulling more than 1000 ml a week from a system your size. Is your venturi clean? You should be pulling around 300+ ml a day and I don't mean wet skimmate either.

01/12/2009, 11:35 PM	#9
hairyman1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 271	Black is cool man. What size aquabee are you running?