Octo HOB skimmer?

[PteroisVolitan15B]

Has anyone had any experience with the HOB Octopus skimmer or know if it's a good skimmer I have the Octo Extreme 200 on my 125 and love it and was considering the HOB for my 44 but was looking for feedback. Thanks in advance

 

[TRe]

for a HOB id go with a aquaC remora

 

[TRe]

a bak pak skimmer would be descent too!

 

[Lorna]

I have had both the bakpak and the remora and hands down would take the remora any day or night of the week....the cpr bakpak needs too much tweaking to obtain a good skimate quality.....the remora is virtually plug and play.

 

[kay-bee19]

This summer I replaced my AquaC Remora HOB protein skimmer with a Octopus 800s HOB protein skimmer and am very pleased with its performance.

I had the Remora on my tank for a couple of years which produced very light-colored, near scentless skimmate the shade of apple juice. I've always contributed that to the fairly light bioload of my 65gal reef tank (containing four 2.5" fish which I feed every three days).

The Octopus HOB that I have, however, is definately out-performing my previous skimmer. With no change in my system's bioload, the Octo-800s consistantly produces large volumes of very dark (resembling black coffee) and very foul-smelling skimmate.

The Remora and Octopus 800s are the only HOB skimmers I currently have experience with.