Nice. Full disassembly is a nice feature.

what was reason for changing to different pump?? didn't see much of issue with the Eden pump myself

That is something I loved about my ER250 too. The newer skimmers have the rubber seals so you have to gently ease the cup up and when it comes free, it sometimes spills if its full. The slight twist and its off for the ER design was better IME.

What I'm looking for in a skimmer is something like the Super Reef Octopus XP1000 Space Saver SRO XP1000SSS. (This is the skimmer I am currently looking at)

Good reliable quiet pump
Easy to remove lid (ER is still the best)
Air Intake Silencer
Easy to clean
Solid body construction

Quite pump
A big enough neck to fit my hand in to clean the body
Muffler or air filter to make the skimmer quite
A drain in the collection cup
External pump with quick connect for cleaning
A gate valve for adjusting the skimmers water level

I like how the vertex skimmer necks come off for cleaning.

What i would like to see is someone build a decent HOB skimmer for nanos... no pump in the tank entirely external. the rio nanoskimmer is a good start but has issues with water level changes due to evap.

well the first and biggest choice has been made, thanks for all your feedback.

We now have our pump! :)

The reveal will come in about 6 weeks after we get some final testing data back from both manufacturers.

Hope its the Aquabee. Read nothing but good things about it.

This excites me! the $120 and $99 prices you mentioned before, are those for full skimmers or just the pump?

So what is wrong with the
Ehiem
Atman 2500
IMO the Sicci 2500 has always had start up issues due to the fact that mesh wheel would push so much air that when you stop the pump it would cavitate. From My Own experience. and issues. I used to own a Bubble master 250 thought this skimmer is amazing and it was until i start having problems with the pumps.