100% NEW Ice Cap / SICCE Skimmers in stock

[Reef Supplies]

Hello everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we are stocking the full line of new Ice Cap skimmers.

We first saw these at MACNA and the build quality stood out right away. The PCV and Acrylic construction is amazing. The 3 larger units come with SICCE pumps! The PSK1000, 600 and 200 respectively.



Pricing starts at $175.49 to $539.99

At $539.99 you're getting an extremely well built unit with an Italian made PSK-1000 pump that will easily handle 200+ gallons. Cant argue with that!



Full details here: http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/Ice-Cap/

Thanks,
Ray

[theokie]

I'm considering the K2-200 for my next build and I'm a little curious about the air draw and power consumption.... on all the product info for the skimmer its lists 1000 lph and 21watts. Though on the spec pages for the Sicce Pump the PSK-1000 is listed as 720 lph and 67 watts.

So is the ice cap running a custom volute or a customer motor block, as I'm going with a very large system, running multiple skimmers, and the LPH/Watt number is very important on this scale

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by theokie

I'm considering the K2-200 for my next build and I'm a little curious about the air draw and power consumption.... on all the product info for the skimmer its lists 1000 lph and 21watts. Though on the spec pages for the Sicce Pump the PSK-1000 is listed as 720 lph and 67 watts.

So is the ice cap running a custom volute or a customer motor block, as I'm going with a very large system, running multiple skimmers, and the LPH/Watt number is very important on this scale

Looking into this. 67 vs 21 seems like a lot, as does 1000 vs 720. I'll get back to you

[Reef Supplies]

Ice Cap and SICCE both confirmed the following to be accurate

Power Consumption: 21watts
Air Draw: 1000 lph / 35 SCFH*
Water Draw: 250gph

[theokie]

Originally Posted by Reef Supplies

Ice Cap and SICCE both confirmed the following to be accurate

Power Consumption: 21watts
Air Draw: 1000 lph / 35 SCFH*
Water Draw: 250gph

Then it appears there is nothing standard about the pump, as it blows the standard one out of the water...This is great to hear as nearest pumps to those numbers are hundred of dollars more for just the pump, not to mention that this price includes a skimmer.

[spedly]

These look really nice. I'm thinking of buying the K2-200. I have a Trigger Systems ruby sump that has a fixed skimmer depth of 9.5". I only have 25" from the bottom of my sump to the bottom of the display tank so the height of this skimmer doesn't giver me a lot of room for a stand. Do you think this skimmer would operate OK in that depth? Since it's so new there's not a lot of info out there about them.

[theokie]

Originally Posted by theokie

Then it appears there is nothing standard about the pump, as it blows the standard one out of the water...This is great to hear as nearest pumps to those numbers are hundred of dollars more for just the pump, not to mention that this price includes a skimmer.

A member on here just received on of these new skimmers and is very pleased with it, though being semi skeptical on the wattage claim, I asked him to check its draw.

It is drawing .6 amps, which is roughly 72w, which puts it on par with a stock PSK-1000. This is a far cry from the 22w that they are using on all of their advertising material. I contacted Coralvue directly after I saw today that they are listing the stock PSK-1000 as the replacement pump. There is something a bit fishy going on.

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by theokie

A member on here just received on of these new skimmers and is very pleased with it, though being semi skeptical on the wattage claim, I asked him to check its draw.

It is drawing .6 amps, which is roughly 72w, which puts it on par with a stock PSK-1000. This is a far cry from the 22w that they are using on all of their advertising material. I contacted Coralvue directly after I saw today that they are listing the stock PSK-1000 as the replacement pump. There is something a bit fishy going on.

Yeah, that is odd. They both confirmed the wattage when I emailed then last month. I'll dig a little deeper.

[spedly]

That would be me. love the skimmer Ray, but I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what you come up with. Would it be worth my time to submit a support ticket with CoralVue?

[theokie]

Originally Posted by spedly

That would be me. love the skimmer Ray, but I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what you come up with. Would it be worth my time to submit a support ticket with CoralVue?

Probably not, as your pump is operating at the exact parameters that Sicce lists on the rating. This has something to do more with them inflating their numbers on the advertising.

Over on Coralvues' Youtube page for the skimmer I asked about why the sticker says .56 amp. as Watts = Amps x Volts so .56 x 120 = 67 w

apparently I have struck a cord with them, as they have responded.... I then linked to their replacement parts catalog where they list the PSK-1000 as 67watts.