Reef octopus BH 100 protein skimmer

[kenshinH]

just talk to my friend, he works at a lfs, he said they have a used reef octopus BH 100 with pump for $30 is Ira good deal?

 

[MartyF]

just talk to my friend, he works at a lfs, he said they have a used reef octopus BH 100 with pump for $30 is Ira good deal?

If it is in good working order then yeah, $130+ brand new. How old is it? Supposed to be one of the best HOB skimmers. What size is your tank?

 

[kenshinH]

I went ahead and bought it, seems pretty new it's just a little dirty with the pink stuff ( don't know what they are) my tank is a 37 gal (30x 12x 24)

Pump is working, haven't tested it fully yet, my set up still not yet up and running.

Thanks for the reply

 

[ATB USA]

The pink stuff is Coraline. It is good comes from proper levels of calcium. Soak the skimmer in a mixture of white vinager and water for a few hours and it will clean up nice. I would also run the pump while you soak it to clean the pump.

 

[MartyF]

I went ahead and bought it, seems pretty new it's just a little dirty with the pink stuff ( don't know what they are) my tank is a 37 gal (30x 12x 24)

Pump is working, haven't tested it fully yet, my set up still not yet up and running.

Thanks for the reply

The pink stuff looks like coralline algae, which is a good thing. I would have bought it too, congrats

 

[kenshinH]

The pink stuff looks like coralline algae, which is a good thing. I would have bought it too, congrats

Thanks!!