Getting what you pay for...

[Stanley-Reefer]

We have all been on both ends of this spectrum, but I wanted to share my Deltec story just 2 days into my new SC 2560. It is replacing a Euroreef RS 250 that for 2 years grew my reef, but as the fish got larger and ate more, it could not keep up and I watched my Nitrates rise and HA return....so the search for a skimmer began.

I looked and read just about all I could and based on my sump size got what I thought to be the best I could get. Realize at this point my Euroreef collected 2-3" of dark crud every 3 days and I had to pull and clean at that time and my reef is thriving with sps and LOTS of fish (30:eek:)

Enter this Deltec. I spoke to Marvin and he was very informative and helpful and basically said if it doesn't outskim the ER, I could sent it back:thumbsup:

33h after placing a brand new skimmer into a system with crystal clear water (at least to my eyes) and it this German masterpiece has pulled over 640z of brown/black awful smelling crud----that's about 4x what the RS250 did in 3 days!!!!

Deltec (and other companies) take a lot of hits for their pricing, but I'm here to say at least it's performing to its cost. That's about as fair as you can get.

Now I see why Deltec has such a loyal following:thumbsup:

[Shard]

What size reef are you using it on? That looks like one really expensive skimmer for its size.

[HaroldT]

Deltec makes good skimmers.

Which model do you have? Which pump?

A friend of mine has a Deltec and it has Aqua Bee 2000/1 pumps on it and that thing does an incredible job of skimming.

[oscar.millan]

I've always been a fan of buying once, when you try to go cheaper you end up spending twice, in the long run you're actually saving money by buying correctly the first time.

[Stanley-Reefer]

175 bow with 170net gallons

http://i52.*******.com/2cdajxh.jpg

SC2560 rated for 500gal heavily stocked. Pump is one smallish aquabee pulling in 1600L/h of air.

[Shard]

That is an amazing setup. Got a picture of the under/behind tank setup?

[Stanley-Reefer]

NOPE.....and it ain't pretty--looks like miles of cords with a 50 gal sump, Geo 618, 3 ballasts, 5 led transformers, 4 vortech controllers, phos reactor, and now a white water ceaner.:thumbsup:

It's what's above that counts anyway!

[Shard]

Haha. I like to see what leads to the results, not just the results. :)

What kind of lighting are you running?

[Stanley-Reefer]

5 453nm ecoexotic LEDs for actinics and 3 250w Phoenix in Reefstar pendants. 12h actinics; 10h MH.