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Downdraft and Beckett skimmers are still extreme foam fractioning workhorses despite the current trends toward cone and needle wheel designs hitting the market and our reefkeeping brothers and sisters in Japan are proving these smaller, finely-crafted skimmers are alive and well in the hobby. Maybe it was the sheer size of downdrafts or noisy and power-hungry pumps that moved the North American market away from these style of skimmers. A few products seen in Japan are capturing this design and making it better and smaller. Take Japanese acrylic manufacturer Shoei with their line of “SPS” skimmers. Without too much description on the company’s website, but from what we discovered on the blog these skimmers use a Beckett injection system. They do feature a sweet skimmer neck that gently seats inside the body allowing for simple removal and cleaning of the collection cup. They showcase the SPS-60 skimmer in action powered by a RIO 3100 pump (900 GPH) and producing some gnarly skimmate. The line features three models SPS-30, SPS-50 and SPS-60. The smallest model SPS-30 measures a compact 7.9” x 15.8” x 7.1” (200mm x 400mm x 180mm) and is rated to handle a highly-stocked reef setup from 23-47 gallons (90-180 liters) or up to a 132 gallon (500 liters) lightly-stocked setup setting you back around $563 (¥49,800). The biggest model SPS-60 measures 8.3” x 20.5 x 7.4” (210mm x 520mm x 200mm) and is rated to handle a 47-105 gallons (180-400 liters) highly-stocked or 264 gallons (1,000 liters) retailing for around $845 (¥74,800).
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where can i buy this?
In Japan, PM Bullet skimmer is dominated in the market. I would say that most of reefers that have SPS dominated tank use PM. Bubble King or ATB skimmer are not on sale. (Recently one of the importer is starts selling Bubble King, but it has not modified to 100V.) Another popular skimmer in Japan is HSA.
Anyway, that’s why Shoei’s skimmer is very similar to PM Bullet skimmer. Of course, some modifications are added. We might still think Made in Japan is always good, but I really want Japanese Aqua company to create really UNIQUE products with their neat work.
yeah, I still really like beckett skimmers…the only issue with them is the relatively large/powerful pumps that you have to use with them. But they do make a lovely head of foam, don’t they. I’m working on a becket 1408 retro right now as a matter of fact.
Looks like same becket as precision marine… The ultimate workhorse IMO, like the new neck…