SWC VS Bubble Magus!!

[Palytoxinhallucinations]

Originally Posted by DiverDude

Also, it sounds like you can actually call SWC and speak with someone who knows what's going on if you have issues and or need parts.!

My SWC 160 cone arrived last week and this ^ along with many positive reviews and the fact that at least some of the $ will stay in canada, was the reason I chose the SWC over the others I was considering (bubble mag-china HQ, price changing deuchery, vertexIN-large footprint were the other reasons). Every little part is readily available for the swcs, and Jayson was great about answering the questions I had for him (would have just bought it from Ian who's great to deal with, if I knew a couple weeks ago he was picking them up...no free biobeads for me...)
Anyway in the end it was an easy choice and for what it's worth I got the new model with the white bubble plate and the box still says made in china, here's a pic

[intarsiabox]

When are we going to see some results on how the SWC units actually skim compared to the BMs? That's my main concern!

[Zoaelite]

I haven't seen any documentation from SWC on their product but I'd like to think that it would be a LOT better than the piece of toilet paper in 'chinglish' that I got with my BM

Haha, I laughed so hard from reading my BM doser instructions something about shoving the tubing into the sun hole and then rotating. Still very happy with the overall product though.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

When are we going to see some results on how the SWC units actually skim compared to the BMs? That's my main concern!

With Ian,s permission. We posted a link for some reviews, if thats of any help to you. Not comparison with any other products though, except for what I and the others have used or seen in action.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Palytoxinhallucinations

My SWC 160 cone arrived last week and this ^ along with many positive reviews and the fact that at least some of the $ will stay in canada, was the reason I chose the SWC over the others I was considering (bubble mag-china HQ, price changing deuchery, vertexIN-large footprint were the other reasons). Every little part is readily available for the swcs, and Jayson was great about answering the questions I had for him (would have just bought it from Ian who's great to deal with, if I knew a couple weeks ago he was picking them up...no free biobeads for me...)
Anyway in the end it was an easy choice and for what it's worth I got the new model with the white bubble plate and the box still says made in china, here's a pic

Exactly. Same reasons for me. Been friends with Jayson for 10yrs. Purchased lots from him and never had a problem. Local business support for me, although 200km away. As Canadian as it can get.
Great to see someone else selling the products, besides American vendors.

[Chaloupa]

Soooo...I am needing a good skimmer and have had the BM220-CS2 CONE SKIMMER recommended for quality, quiet operation, and excellent production of skimmate. What is the comparable model to this in the SWC line? Tank is a 300g that will be heavily stocked and SPS dominant

[Gooly001]

Hi Sarah,

The SWC 250 1A would be a great choice. It's specs are:

-11 inch diameter 25 inch height 140 mm(5.5) inch neck

-Single pump

-A 1 piece seamless conical protein skimmer.

-Comes with an Italian made Askoll 1500 pump. Custom enlarged injection moulded volute,venturi and pinwheel.

-An integrated removable bubble plate to help reduce turbulence within the protein skimmer.

-Extra-wide necks in the design to allow for more air flow.

-Wedge pipe output allows you to adjust the skimmer and have fine control of the water level.

-Custom injection moulded pin wheel impeller for perfect balance.

-Custom injection moulded volute and venturi. Every single one is the same! No milled volutes for tolerence issues.

-Up to 70scfh of air pull using custom pin wheel impeller. These are real numbers not hyped numbers.

-Power factor of up to .53

-Draws less than 70 watts of electricity per pump.

-Quick release neck on the collection cup - requires 1/2 inch of clearance to remove the cup.

-Can be converted to run single pass in sump by unscrewing 2 unions!

-Recommended water depth 6-8 inches.

-Can be used in sump or in recirculation mode.

-Foot Print in inches (L x W x H): 18 x 15 x 24

-Xtreme 250 ASOR Cone Skimmer

Tank ratings:

Light Bioload 700 gallons

Med Bioload 500 gallons

Heavy Stocked Bioload 400 gallons

Finally Price: $749.99 USD.



Cheers,

Paul

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by OceanicCorals-Ian-

We are starting this thread to showcase the new SWC skimmers as we are now the western retailer for the product line. We are going to post results on a head to head comparison with Bubble Magus to review the results....... I will be adding the whole line of SWC skimmer to the website over the next two to three days....

Stay tuned!

Doug, I read the threads plus many more but this thread was started to show actual results from Ian on the SWC vs BM and I'm really interested in seeing the results. I need a skimmer so I can finish setting up my new sump and the the new tank going. I was going to get a BM NAC7 but now it seems like SWC is the new band wagon so I want to see if it's worth the extra money or not. From what I've read so far the build quality is better but I'm not sure on performance.

[George]

How do you compare the performance of 2 skimmers? By the amount of skim-mate they produce? No! By the color of skim-mate? No! By the smell of skim-mate? No! By some physical factors? No!
I would love to have some Feldman & Maers type study of the skimmers. Show me some numbers!

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by George

How do you compare the performance of 2 skimmers? By the amount of skim-mate they produce? No! By the color of skim-mate? No! By the smell of skim-mate? No! By some physical factors? No!
I would love to have some Feldman & Maers type study of the skimmers. Show me some numbers!

Ask and ye shall receive Try these for some methods:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010...chterm=skimmer

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/2/aafeature

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2