Bubble Magus NAC7 Cone skimmer
 

Ordered my skimmer along with Ron99. I too let it run with viniger and then ran it in a bucket of salt water for about 16 hours and have just placed it in my sump. I too am suprised with the build quality of it! everything is sturdy and doesnt feel cheap at all! Its very quiet and has nice thick and frothy bubble what more can you ask for! If you have any Q's feel free to ask:biggrin:

Cheers
Ray
P.S. Please do not make fun of my sump! Im working on getting somthing made out of glass at least lol:mrgreen:
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I have it running in 9" of water.

2 Hours in... started skimming a lil wet be in the las 30mins it has thickend up and starting to pull out some nasties lol

What's the size rating on this model?

Its rated for 135g to 180g. Im Running it on a med-stocked 120g

was it all set up and ready to go?

No. It had a little assembly nothing major. the instructions it came with were poorly worded but I flipped over the sheet and just went by the picture lol

lotsa dark gunk? i just got a vertex n80 and im not really happy with it

it,s 110V?

There is some dark gunk but it is still breaking in ill keep you updated on it and yes it is 110V.

cheers
Ra

Looking good so far Ray!

That's the one I'm leaning towards. How much did you pay?

Why did you run it in vinegar and then in a pail of saltwater instead of putting it straight into the sump?

Cleans any manufactuing oils and release agents

Can you tell me what the exact total height is? Maybe PM me the price too if you don't want to post what you spent. haha Thanks

Nice looking skimmer though.

Not trying to hijack Ray's thread but if you want to know prices we got them from reefshops dot com so you can go there and also get a shipping estimate once you add it to your shopping cart.

The skimmer has 9.5 by 9 inch base and is 21.5" tall from feet to collection cup lid. As Ron said check out he website and you can get a better idea.

Does anyone know the performance difference between this skimmer and the Reef Octopus Extremes?

are the prices there US? I'd assume so.. :lol:

in the top right corner of the site you can change it to CAD:biggrin:

Does anyone know the performance difference between any two different skimmers? I think not.

I know for a fact that my old Euro-reef performed far better than my roommates Deltec...

Thanks. Figured it was something like that just wasnt sure.

I seen Leah's Deltec HOB skimmer and was totally NOT impressed, especially for the price. No surprise a ER outperforms them

Hey watch your step, Mr. I do not let just anyone see my skimmer :redface::lol:

OOPS, I mean...Er, it was someone elses skimmer, ya thats it, :redface::mrgreen:

Feed you dinner and then you dis my skimmer. :sad:
Sorry for the hijack Ray, he hit a nerve though with that post, LMAO

Dinner was a different night LOL And don't tell me you were not ticked a little when we couldn't mount it on your tank because they made it for trimless, or really skinny trimed tanks.

And when I get my Bubble magnus, I'll let you dis it all you like :p

ha ha its all good! would it have been worse if he made fun of your cooking? lol

Oh heck no, the food was great, I felt like a pig tho when I asked for seconds LOL Just couldn't resist

Very good point! Or if he came down with food poisoning! :wink:

Any idea what the required water level is for this skimmer?? I don't have that high of a sump and I know that the Bubble Magus NAC6 requires 11" of water as I have one of those and it works fantastic. If this skimmer doesn't require over 7" I am game!!

The recommended level is 8.5"to 9.5"

Thanks for the info looks like I have enough room and will most likely be going with this skimmer as the other one is awesome!!

Shoot me a msg before you order yours and ill give you a update on its performance

how did you tune the skimmer for fine bubbles?
 

Hi burrow,

I was wondering how you got those fine bubbles in the picture. I have the Nac 7 running in 12 inches of water. The bubbles that come out of the pump somewhat large, nothing like your picture.

Thanks for any advice!

I would raise the skimmer up a few inches and check your air line to make sure its not clogged. You should maybe check the mesh wheel also to make sure there is no blockage. Mine was plug and play and had no issues.

Let me know if any of that helps

Cheers
Ray

So after this long, how's the skimmer running?? Am considering one.

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is there an up date?