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Marc
03/23/2009, 08:58 PM
Does anyone have any experience with the new skimmers from MRC developed based on the Volcano skimmer design??? This skimmer was presented at MACNA by My Reef Creations. Has anyone purchased one? Does anyone know anything about them performace wise???

Marc
Marc
03/23/2009, 10:12 PM
Bump
Marc
03/27/2009, 03:56 PM
Anyone????
MyReefCreations
03/28/2009, 09:42 AM
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RGibson
03/28/2009, 09:48 AM
How many watts well the pump used and what kind of pump is it ?
Marc
03/28/2009, 08:25 PM
I believe it's a Reeflo Gold dart pump that uses around 108. A beautiful skimmer. But wanted to know if these aspirating skimmers are that effiecient. If not, I'm buyiing the beckett from My Reef Creations. They make the highest quality stuff around. Blows Ae-tech and there ETSS's out of the water. Plus My Reef Creations customer service is awesome.

Marc
jmaneyapanda
03/31/2009, 04:04 PM
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ChrisOzment
03/31/2009, 04:16 PM
I have had one of the new MRC protoype skimmers for several months now. It's 30" tall with an 8" diameter body and has the Dart pump. I feed it with a Mag 2 and it's on a ~700 gallon system. It pulls almost a gallon of dark skimmate every week.

I had to reduce the amount of air allowed into the venturi for the first month during break it but after lowering the gate valve output and opening up the valve to 100%, I can have the thing at full blast.

The water level is well below the point in the cylinder that gets smaller going up to the collection cup gasket area.
Marc
03/31/2009, 07:04 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14732693#post14732693 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmaneyapanda
I have one of the originals. It is powered by a reeflo gold. I will put up some pics when I get home.

Awesome!!! I would love to see it. Raj at My reef creations sent me a couple pics and they look hardcore built! But I am also interested in performance as well build quality.

Marc
KW-Reefer
03/31/2009, 10:06 PM
I too am interested in this skimmer. I was looking for a Volcano but they are kinda hard to come by. Was almost settled on a Large DIY or a Modded Orca 250 for my system.

Did not see any information on their site about it yet though 8(. Those pics would be awesome 8)

KW