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While the world has been patiently awaiting (Europe should have their units already) the new TC/SC skimmer lines from Deltec to be released for public consumption, we are left with a teaser video that shows the unit up and working. Did you notice the creamy froth of bubbles in the reaction chamber? It looks very similar to Bubble King’s quality of bubble production. Time will tell if this new line from Deltec has what it takes to take the top spot in protein skimmers for reef tanks. The skimmer doesn’t use a Aquabee that has been reported elsewhere, however Deltec says they do take advantage of the tooling systems of Aquabee, which leads us to believe that Aquabee might be producing, along with Deltec’s engineers a custom pump setup that is exclusive to Deltec. While you wipe the drool away from your mouth just remember we still won’t see these here in the States for at least another 5 months. Oh well, it gives us more time for our coral colonies to grow right? Or you might take the time to prep your significant other why you need this hot white bubble producing machine. With a retail of around $1500+ you might want to start on it, tonight.
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Replace sicce with aquabee and the story will be more accurate.
pumps are aquabee
Opps, thanks guys. Obviously I’ve been thinking about Sicce to much.
Given that you say “Time will tell if this new line from Deltec has what it takes to take the top spot in protein skimmers for reef tanks.” I can assume that you have a top spot or two in your choices for skimmers. May I inquire as to your current top spots? I am interested in reef tanks around 400 gallons.
@ Leonard
For the price the Vertex Alpha Cone skimmer can’t be beat as it is made by Royal Exclusiv. The design is great, but you’ll be getting a “plastic cone”, versus a true higher quality acrylic. It’s not a big issue though, as it drops the price of the skimmer drastically. You’ll want to look at the Alpha 300 for your setup. You’ll get the Red Dragon I pump included with that, along with two aspirator valves, with one pushing 1500 lph of air, and the other 1800 lph.
Other skimmers such as H&S, Deltec, Bubble King are great too, it really depends on your budget and how much tuning (time) you want to do to the skimmer.