Reef Octopus Club

[n-kleine]

Look what Jeremy sent me this time!!! Unreal for the price!:eek2: This is 3 days after setup on my 125 reef. This is a XP 2000 external. WOW!!!!! Thanks for a great product PA and Jeremy.

[Denadai]

What about the noise of the bubble blaster 2000 ?

I want a silent skimmer for my next reef

Best Regards

[n-kleine]

Extremely quiet. Just a light hum. My skimmer sits in the front room where we watch movies and etc.

[Jeremy B.]

Looks great Nathan! Keep us posted on how it's going!

[n-kleine]

Just an update. Skimmer going strong. Best money I have ever spent!! It pulls out a full cup every week. Thanks for a fine product Jeremy!!!:thumbsup:

[Jeremy B.]

Glad it's still rocking for you!

[Lam Ly]

Thank you PA, for the best price on the Reef Octopus XP5000 EXT.

I am very happy with the product,

Thank again,

Lam

[Jeremy B.]

Thanks Lam, we appreciate it!

[n-kleine]

How about some pics of the 5000?

[badwrasse]

Extremely quiet. Just a light hum. My skimmer sits in the front room where we watch movies and etc.
light? i can hear mine 15 feet away, guess it depends on light a light hum is to YOU. What not loud to you might be loud to others and to me its louder than any pump i have ever owned.

[Lam Ly]

The hum noise is kinda loud to some of us and may not loud to other.
I been working on the hum for couple days now, Well let me say the pump it self is quiet almost silent. The problem was the pump is hard plumb to the base of the skimmer and make loud hum.
What I did was I modified the connection between the pump and the base of the skimmer with a silicone tube and it worked (SILENT)

Also, I found that depend on how you connect the pump to the skimmer. Sometime you have to twist and sit it a bit to get it quiet down. But if any pump hard plumb to any box it will HUM a bit.

So far I still think it is one of the best skimmer for the price.

[n-kleine]

light? i can hear mine 15 feet away, guess it depends on light a light hum is to YOU. What not loud to you might be loud to others and to me its louder than any pump i have ever owned.

Wow! Sorry to hear that. Mine is pretty quiet. Maybe you are too sensitive!!:thumbsup:

[n-kleine]

The hum noise is kinda loud to some of us and may not loud to other.
I been working on the hum for couple days now, Well let me say the pump it self is quiet almost silent. The problem was the pump is hard plumb to the base of the skimmer and make loud hum.
What I did was I modified the connection between the pump and the base of the skimmer with a silicone tube and it worked (SILENT)

Also, I found that depend on how you connect the pump to the skimmer. Sometime you have to twist and sit it a bit to get it quiet down. But if any pump hard plumb to any box it will HUM a bit.

So far I still think it is one of the best skimmer for the price.

Try a Deltec or another brand that cost twice as much and you will find they are much louder in my opinion. I have had 4 different Deltecs, Atb, etc and have found this to perform the best and be most quiet.

[Lam Ly]

I agreed with you N-Kleine,
I also used many diferent type of skimmer before and agreed that for this price of a skimmer it is the best IMO. The reason I know where the HUM come from was I had a BK 400EXT. and I added another pump and hard plumb and it made a loud HUM noise.

Anyways, if you compare the performance of the between the XP5000EXT and the BK300 and BK400 they are the same. And for the price I will chose the XP500EXT.

Just my two cents

[n-kleine]

Exactly!! I had a BK SM 200 and my XP 2000 seems to outperform even that!! I hope others read this before spending on BK or Deltec and etc.

[Lam Ly]

N-Kleine here is a pic for ya!

[n-kleine]

That thing is awsome!!! Keep me up to date on how it does.:thumbsup:

[Lam Ly]

I had BK 300EXT and BK400EXT and so far am happy with this BABY.

[n-kleine]

Sounds like you went down the same expensive road I did. I had the BK SM 200 and this thing smokes it. Mine fills the cup every week with the fowlest smelling skimate and this is only on a 125!!!

[Lam Ly]

Yeh, I been through most of the expensive skimmer and so far this beast beating all of them compare by price wise.

I have it on my 200G system and my tank is crystal clear. that is one week of skimmate.
I still play with the setting to find my taste. How high are you setting your water level?

[wfgworks]

I have the XP3000 and love the skimmer. Its on my 170 and it could easily hand up too 270-300 gallons stocked well. I'm really impressed with the bubble blaster pumps on skimmers.

When I upgrade in the future, I will be keeping with the XP line of skimmers.

[Lam Ly]

Bill,

How high is your water? let say when you unplug you skimmer's pump and just with you feed pump running, and say from the bottom of the cone up?


Thanks,
Lam

[n-kleine]

I set mine to when the bubbles start to break just above the bottom of the cup.

[usctrack]

I just picked up 2ea of the Reef Octopus 150 skimmers OCT-NWB150 from a fellow member who was switching to fresh water. I currently am running a turboflotor and ASM G1x both with recirc mods. How would these compare? I am getting really nice dark skimmate from the others now.

The newer model Octopus 150 with the bubble plate seems to be a little better designed than the older one - I now have both. I may test them out in my live rock tub for a while.

[badwrasse]

Wow! Sorry to hear that. Mine is pretty quiet. Maybe you are too sensitive!!:thumbsup:

wondering if I got a bad pump, i am getting used to th noise but its still loader than my older oceanrunner siting smack on the bottom of the sump with no noise buffer what so ever.

[n-kleine]

wondering if I got a bad pump, i am getting used to th noise but its still loader than my older oceanrunner siting smack on the bottom of the sump with no noise buffer what so ever.

Ya, that is possible. Pull the cover off the front and make sure the impeller is seated correctly. I have heard some pumps have the impeller sitting in the housing wrong from shipping.HTH. Call coralvue if it gets worse.1-985-781-9078.

[badwrasse]

yep bad pump just talked with coralvue today they are sends a new one, ther was a hunk of plastic stuck inside where the impeller lives making it vibrate.

[n-kleine]

Good! I am glad you found the problem. Let me know how your new one turns out.