3 days of skimmate (why reef octopus skimmers totall rock)

yeah! Also realize that this is a 10" diameter collection cup! That's a lot of crap!

 

Yeah I've used the Kent Nautilus EX24 for a while, I liked it okay.

I've got a 120 display, 30 gallon sump, 40 gallon frag tank, packed with 40+ species of corals, several large colonies, 17 fish, a few of them are HUGE (too big really, building a new tank within next year). I'm running the SRO 3000. Essentially my water volume is exactly the same, I don't know what the difference in bio load is, but the SRO 3000 is more than enough to handle this system, and it will give me the skimming power I will need to expand. I'm adding a 30 gallon 48"x24"x6" frag tank sometime this month too, and I expect the skimmer will deal just fine. I'm also rocking biopellets which increase skimmate output.

 

man that sucks, I've not had any problems with the new HY Bubble Blaster pumps. They take in more air/water ratio than any pump on the market! I also think I'm going to modify my impellar with some mesh to increase bubble chop. Also, I think kalk can increase skimmate output too if I'm not mistaken. I'm going to go look for some articles @ reefkeeping.com

 

Yeah mine is the super space saver model too, although if you don't have the space to fit a pump outside the skimmer body, there's little hope that you have space to pull the body out and clean the pump like you oughtta! I'm thinking at this point that I need to pull mine out, modify the pump and clean out the salt creep in the air intake fittings. But if you just don't have the space, the design is remarkably good.

 

I guess the SRO3000 would be a good skimmer to go with, you could always bump up to a SRO5000, or try one of the cones (they're all the rage). I'm happy with my big 10" diameter burly bulldozer skimmer though. I think the SRO3000 is probably underrated pretty well, they suggest it upto systems as large as 300 gallons, and I think that it should perform at that capacity even with a moderately high bioload.