VERTEX ALPHA 250 SKIMMER MAYBE FOR SALE

[AZ_R33F]

Hi I got a vertex alpha 250 royal exclusive skimmer Maybe up for sale ... the reason is because I was told it is to strong for my bio load from a person that works in royal exclusive .. is this true people?? Sometimes it Skimz Bubbles real good and sometimes it doesn’t and doesn’t , so I called royal exclusive and I want to say his name was Scott but he said he been around alpha skimmers for many yrs and the problem is the the skimmer is a BEAST and it is to strong for the bio load my 210g tank is dishing out... now I’m at the point to sale this beast of a work horse so what should I do ??

 

[J.durk]

I would be interested in hearing this answer. I have a 180 but I have a ton of fish and recently just got a couple nonphotosynthetic Gorgonians so I have been dumping what seems like a ton of phytoplankton and reefroids trying to make sure they get fed and was wondering if I should upgrade my skimmer. I was looking at one About the size you’re talking about But if you are having problems with it in your 210 then maybe I should look for something smaller?

 

[Brew12]

Hi I got a vertex alpha 250 royal exclusive skimmer Maybe up for sale ... the reason is because I was told it is to strong for my bio load from a person that works in royal exclusive .. is this true people?? Sometimes it Skimz Bubbles real good and sometimes it doesn’t and doesn’t , so I called royal exclusive and I want to say his name was Scott but he said he been around alpha skimmers for many yrs and the problem is the the skimmer is a BEAST and it is to strong for the bio load my 210g tank is dishing out... now I’m at the point to sale this beast of a work horse so what should I do ??

Add more fish!!!

 

[Tom Blevins]

Good Skimmer, I have this on my 750xxl, I replaced the pump with a Reef Octopus Varios
so I can adjust you my what to do so and save some money and keep the beast!

 

[AZ_R33F]

Add more fish!!!

I was told the same from Scott to add more fish too

 

[AZ_R33F]

I would be interested in hearing this answer. I have a 180 but I have a ton of fish and recently just got a couple nonphotosynthetic Gorgonians so I have been dumping what seems like a ton of phytoplankton and reefroids trying to make sure they get fed and was wondering if I should upgrade my skimmer. I was looking at one About the size you’re talking about But if you are having problems with it in your 210 then maybe I should look for something smaller?

I was told to add more fish or maybe my circulation in my tank maybe not enough but I know that it is because I got 2 mp60s

 

[AZ_R33F]

Good Skimmer, I have this on my 750xxl, I replaced the pump with a Reef Octopus Varios
so I can adjust you my what to do so and save some money and keep the beast!

So do you think it’s the pump ?

 

[Tom Blevins]

So do you think it’s the pump ?

well the red dragon pump you can't control where the Varios has a 1 to 5 adjust so you can ramp it up or down. Adding fish is a big smiley face too!

 

[AZ_R33F]

well the red dragon pump you can't control where the Varios has a 1 to 5 adjust so you can ramp it up or down. Adding fish is a big smiley face too!

Cool thank ya I’m definitely will buy the pump to try it out in case I make a wrong decision on selling

 

[gcarroll]

IMO, it is better to have extra skimming power available when it's needed than to not have the ability and need it. You might be looking for a solution to a problem that is not actually a problem.

 

[biecacka]

You would have to add a LOT of fish. I have the Bubble King double cone 200, it is smaller than you skimmer. I run it on a 240 gallon cube with 3 fish that get fed 2 times a day and the skimmer keeps up way easy. It doesn't even work hard. These skimmers are conservatively rated in my opinion.

Corey