Anyone have any experience with ETSS reef devil or Reef devil deluxe skimmers

salt newbie01 · Sep 20, 2007

I hope someone can give me some info on this little skimmer. I need a skimmer for my 58 RR tank and this one would fit size wise perfect. I have seen the bigger ETSS skimmers and they seem to work awesome but I don't know anything about the little ones. The price for them isn't too bad either around $250-$300.

If anyone has any other suggestions I would gladly look at them - I am a little skimmer challenged!! :marv I mainly know that I would rather not mess with a beckett type skimmer. Other than that I am open for any suggestions

thanks in advance
Patrick

Rob · Sep 20, 2007

I have used these before, they work pretty well. I would suggest going with a needlewheel skimmer of sorts for your system. There are many on the market and you should be able to spend less than what you would for a RD.

FateX8 · Sep 20, 2007

you can find these used for really cheap
around 100-200

Charlie · Sep 21, 2007

As much as I hate to admit it I have to agree with Rob. I currently run a ETSS skimmer on my 75 at home - well built skimmer that has been pretty much plug and play from day one. The only down side is they require a large pump to perform well. I run mine with a larger pump then recommended. With the price of some needle wheels on the market vrs how they perform they are hard to beat.

Hoyta · Sep 27, 2007

I had a similar skimmer- an Aqua C EV 150. It worked well, but needed alot of adjustment. Go with the Octopus NW 150, which is 139.00 at Premium Aquatics. Its a great skimmer for the money, and is basically a plug and play. I have a 65, with a Euro-Reef es 5-3. It does eally well for my system, and have no complaints as of yet.
Good luck!-Adam

storrisch · Sep 27, 2007

I will be running a tunze 9010 on my 75. A lot of other people locally are running them and seeing good results. It leaves me a lot of room for a fuge in my sump too.

BIGGUN · Apr 2, 2009

Proper balls and barb for ??? ETSS skimmer

OOPS wanted to start my own thread sorry!!!

Kevin

Reef Pets · Apr 2, 2009

For that price range I would go with a Reef Octopus. I have a couple ETSS skimmers because I use to be a dealer. They are OKfor the money in my opinion but the Reef Octopus skimmers are great for the money!!