Vertex Omega 130 skimmer - Page 4

MedRed · 11/28/2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by E.intheC

My 130 is supposed to arrive on Monday, but the tracking information says it's about 10 miles from my house at one of their distribution facilities.

Same here. It's down the street right now! Is UPS closed on Friday?

ihigh · 11/28/2013, 11:27 AM

mine says it left hodgkins on 11/26 and it never updated sicne. I'm assuming its waiting in a truck about to process lol

meshwheel · 11/28/2013, 11:29 AM

What wattage does the 130 use??

kmu · 11/28/2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron99

Vertex rates their skimmers very conservatively. The 130 is rated for up to 100 gallons heavily stocked and in my experience they mean HEAVILY stocked. So the 130 should be great for the 40 to 90 gallon tanks. I wouldn't use the 150 on anything smaller than a 60 gallon personally. But I've heard of people running the 150 on systems as large as 300 to 400 gallons and being happy with them

Im very interested in finding out if an omega 150 would work on a 240g tank with lps and softies and a lot of fish.

I have a Vertex Alpha cone 250 on the 240g tank its way to big and Im gonna transfer it to my future 400g tank.

Want to buy it tomorrow and get a nice deal on it

THX in advance

MedRed · 11/28/2013, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by meshwheel

What wattage does the 130 use??

19w

Maximus · 11/28/2013, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MedRed

Same here. It's down the street right now! Is UPS closed on Friday?

Just checked and UPS is closed for ground deliveries this fri.

evsalty · 11/28/2013, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MedRed

Same here. It's down the street right now! Is UPS closed on Friday?

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Originally Posted by E.intheC

My 130 is supposed to arrive on Monday, but the tracking information says it's about 10 miles from my house at one of their distribution facilities.

Same here. Mine is in my local UPS facility ready to go out for delivery but since they are closed until Monday it will sit there

.

I ordered something yesterday that was shipped the same day but via USPS and it will be here on Saturday. This is why I sometimes hate UPS.

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Originally Posted by E.intheC

Photoshop has been flipping pictures like that (and upside-down) for a few months now. Very frustrating.

Haha if those pics were upside down the monitor would have been too.

MedRed · 11/28/2013, 04:18 PM

crappy thing is i'm out of town monday. Argh!

evsalty · 11/28/2013, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MedRed

crappy thing is i'm out of town monday. Argh!

You can tell UPS you want a different delivery date. There should be a link on your tracking page.

MedRed · 11/28/2013, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by evsalty

You can tell UPS you want a different delivery date. There should be a link on your tracking page.

you have to subscribe to a $40 a year service of have the sender contact UPS to change the date :-(.

ihigh · 11/28/2013, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MedRed

you have to subscribe to a $40 a year service of have the sender contact UPS to change the date :-(.

I wanted to take advantage and get it in friday (I was doing the "math" that it'd get here by friday assuming they did ground...fml) so I could hear how quiet/loud it was so I could order another one for my brother as a christmas present. he doesn't think he needs to upgrade since he runs a RO NWB110 on his 90g, but I think for a $100 upgrade to the vertex 130, it's worth it. (ppl in my area buy up the RO NWB110 for $100 easily)

evsalty · 11/29/2013, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MedRed

you have to subscribe to a $40 a year service of have the sender contact UPS to change the date :-(.

Did not know that. Well call BRS on Monday

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Sorry had to lol.

ihigh · 12/02/2013, 12:58 PM

on the damn truck for delivery since 5am. COME HEREEEEE

Jstn · 12/02/2013, 01:01 PM

BRS sale was amazing on these, I decided for the extra 50 bucks to get the 150, and so far it has been working great! It also helps that I am 10 minutes from BRS and walked in to get mine the day of the sale.

ihigh · 12/02/2013, 01:16 PM

sigh lucky you! I wanted the 150, but it was OOS at the time. I was afraid the 130 would get OOS as well so I grabbed it. then the following day, the 150 came back in stock and the 130 was out. haha

Jstn · 12/02/2013, 01:26 PM

I wanted to do the 130 for my 40b, but down the road I plan on doing a 120 build, so I figure why not.

Also the new BRS warehouse is HUGE!

LinkinReef · 12/02/2013, 01:49 PM

Mine just came in!

evsalty · 12/02/2013, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ihigh

on the damn truck for delivery since 5am. COME HEREEEEE

I know right?????????

Lets see which one of us two get ours first lol.

YoungREEFA · 12/02/2013, 02:14 PM

I have had mine for a good 5 days and its just sitting in the box

evsalty · 12/02/2013, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by YoungREEFA

I have had mine for a good 5 days and its just sitting in the box

That is just silly.

Mine will be put together and in it's vinegar bath within 10 minutes of receiving it lol.

edit:Ok make that 30 minutes. It has been here for 10 minutes now lol.

evsalty · 12/02/2013, 02:58 PM

Well it looks like it won't be installed today since it came in broken.

evsalty · 12/02/2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by YoungREEFA

I have had mine for a good 5 days and its just sitting in the box

Looks like the broken volute mine came with is a known issue with many of them so you might want to open that box up and look it over asap.

For those that run into this, BRS being out of stock is suggesting to contact Proline Aquatics themselves for warranty of the part. Or they will send out a recall notice for the skimmer but say it could be 2-3 weeks for a replacement.

LinkinReef · 12/02/2013, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by evsalty

Looks like the broken volute mine came with is a big issue with many of them so you might want to open that box up and look it over asap.

For those that run into this, BRS being out of stock is suggesting to contact Proline Aquatics themselves for warranty of the part. Or they will send out a recall notice for the skimmer but say it could be 2-3 weeks for a replacement.

That really sucks. Hopefully they're make it right and replace that right away.

Anyway you could post a picture of it so other could see what to look for?

evsalty · 12/02/2013, 04:20 PM

I am sure one of the two will make it right. It is just a matter of how long it will take. With BRS it will probably take a month when you include shipping both ways. With Proline hopefully it will only take as long as it take to get from them to me. But I still need to hear back from them before I even know if they will be the ones to handle it. All I know is I want to be able to put this in the tanks right now but I can't.

The part the is broken is just the cheap red airline nipple for ozone that is GLUED into the volute. I am not going to be using the ozone tube but without being able to block it off it will allow water to be drawn into the air intake chamber right next to the air intake nipple. If they did not ship the tubing attached to the volute then this would not happen. Silly people. Also I have now found that 3 of the 4 ti bolts for the pump bracket will not fit into the recessed holes in the bracket so the pump cannot be mounted to the bracket. Strike 2. Hopefully there is no strike 3.

This may be nit picking here but why is the bracket for the air muffler so loose fitting on the adjustment tube? The muffler is sitting to where it looks like it is dangling from the tube. For the price (normal one that is

) they could have either made this bracket to have a snugger fit or included a snug fit ring to help keep it snugged down and sitting level. Or perhaps a top bracket.

ihigh · 12/02/2013, 04:32 PM

got mine and set it up. i think its working fine. hows does the broken volute look like if you can take a photo?

11/28/2013, 11:29 AM	#78
meshwheel Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,430	What wattage does the 130 use?? __________________ ............And then the cops showed up

11/28/2013, 04:18 PM	#83
MedRed Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,035	crappy thing is i'm out of town monday. Argh! __________________ 60 Gallon Current Solana XL 24x24x24 Cube: SPS/LPS/NPS/Softie/Invert Reef Candy Basslet Pair Showcase \| Minimalist Aquascape

12/02/2013, 01:49 PM	#92
LinkinReef Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 987	Mine just came in! __________________ 34g

11/28/2013, 11:27 AM	#77
ihigh Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 118	mine says it left hodgkins on 11/26 and it never updated sicne. I'm assuming its waiting in a truck about to process lol

12/02/2013, 12:58 PM	#88
ihigh Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 118	on the damn truck for delivery since 5am. COME HEREEEEE

12/02/2013, 01:01 PM	#89
Jstn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis Mn Posts: 622	BRS sale was amazing on these, I decided for the extra 50 bucks to get the 150, and so far it has been working great! It also helps that I am 10 minutes from BRS and walked in to get mine the day of the sale.

12/02/2013, 01:16 PM	#90
ihigh Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 118	sigh lucky you! I wanted the 150, but it was OOS at the time. I was afraid the 130 would get OOS as well so I grabbed it. then the following day, the 150 came back in stock and the 130 was out. haha

12/02/2013, 01:26 PM	#91
Jstn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis Mn Posts: 622	I wanted to do the 130 for my 40b, but down the road I plan on doing a 120 build, so I figure why not. Also the new BRS warehouse is HUGE!

12/02/2013, 02:14 PM	#94
YoungREEFA Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 895	I have had mine for a good 5 days and its just sitting in the box

12/02/2013, 02:58 PM	#96
evsalty hmmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NW Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,531	Well it looks like it won't be installed today since it came in broken.

12/02/2013, 04:20 PM	#99
evsalty hmmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NW Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,531	I am sure one of the two will make it right. It is just a matter of how long it will take. With BRS it will probably take a month when you include shipping both ways. With Proline hopefully it will only take as long as it take to get from them to me. But I still need to hear back from them before I even know if they will be the ones to handle it. All I know is I want to be able to put this in the tanks right now but I can't. The part the is broken is just the cheap red airline nipple for ozone that is GLUED into the volute. I am not going to be using the ozone tube but without being able to block it off it will allow water to be drawn into the air intake chamber right next to the air intake nipple. If they did not ship the tubing attached to the volute then this would not happen. Silly people. Also I have now found that 3 of the 4 ti bolts for the pump bracket will not fit into the recessed holes in the bracket so the pump cannot be mounted to the bracket. Strike 2. Hopefully there is no strike 3. This may be nit picking here but why is the bracket for the air muffler so loose fitting on the adjustment tube? The muffler is sitting to where it looks like it is dangling from the tube. For the price (normal one that is ) they could have either made this bracket to have a snugger fit or included a snug fit ring to help keep it snugged down and sitting level. Or perhaps a top bracket.

12/02/2013, 04:32 PM	#100
ihigh Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 118	got mine and set it up. i think its working fine. hows does the broken volute look like if you can take a photo?