Anyone on here have a Vertex Omega 150 Protein Skimmer ?
 

thinking of running a Vertex Omega 150 Protein Skimmer on my new setup and thought id ask if anyone had any experance with one?
heres a link
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/vt...n+Skimmer.html

A friend of mine at work just got one for his new build. Unfortunately came shipped with a broken air intake pipe.
He said build quality is top notch. Won't know performance till it hits water.

They look very close to a bubble king so I can imagine they work well, it's vertex product so you can almost assume they work good. I was looking at reviews before and they look like its a well liked slimmer so far but it's still fairly new . My thought is go to a Lfs store and find a skimmer for under 400 bucks that looks this nice and built this well that can handle up to 150 gallons. Only thing I would wonder about us the sicci pump never used them before but had a friend with a return pump and seemed good. I ordered some of there powerheads the other day.

I think most concerning about the Sicce pump is they are being custom built for Vertex, so parts down the road may be difficult to come by. But it looks like a great skimmer and, since I'm in need of an upgrade, I am considering this also.

Ya I thought about the pump too. I think I'm gonna get one for sure but I'm gonna price a replacement impeller just to b safe. It also has a two year warentee

I picked one up last week. Been set up and running producing amazing thick skim mate since day two! Runs very quiet. Optimal water depth is 7 1/2" or so but can be adjusted for other depths.

Photo from last Saturday night when it was installed into my sump
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Can anyone with this skimmer please update this thread?

What would you like to know? I have been running this skimmer since the end of December and haven't had an issue.

are you happy with its performance? is the nog nice and dark? pump still quiet?

Skimmer has been running great. No noise what so ever. Everything on my reef runs "whisper" quiet. Just cleaned the skimmer on Saturday and just took this pic tonight. I would recommend this skimmer to anyone! The bubbles are NOT coming from those skimmer. They are coming from an air stone with my Nitra-Guard bio-cubes.

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