Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB Skimmer

Joe14 · 02/10/2014, 01:11 PM

Hey guys im thinking of throwing one of these on my 29 gallon because my CSS is junk,

i wanna know if there's a lot of micro bubbles in the DT from it

If its noisy, and if its worth the 200$?

Thanks, Any info is appreciated!!

Reefer82 · 02/10/2014, 01:35 PM

It's a good skimmer though I owned both it and an aquamaxx hob1 and have to day the aquamaxx did a better job and the pump was much more quiet. The blue acrylic also looked great if it matters at all to you.

Bubbles really weren't too bad with either but I would say the aquamaxx had a slight advantage. It was just a matter of the right water level in the tank for me to get it doing great

Plainswalker · 02/10/2014, 05:50 PM

It's a pretty good skimmer, have been running it on my 35g for the life of the tank. The only knock on it is that I had to trim down the input and output tubes as they were too long. It performs really well, and I have been carbon dosing for 6 months.

For best performance though, you'd probably want an ATO or really consistent topoffs, but that's true of all skimmers.

UMass14 · 02/10/2014, 06:19 PM

Try to hear it in action before you buy it. All HOB skimmers make noise. Just be sure you can live with the noise so you dont waste your $$$.

02/10/2014, 01:11 PM	#1
Joe14 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 34	Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB Skimmer Hey guys im thinking of throwing one of these on my 29 gallon because my CSS is junk, i wanna know if there's a lot of micro bubbles in the DT from it If its noisy, and if its worth the 200$? Thanks, Any info is appreciated!! __________________ “ Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience. ” — Elbert Hubbard Current Tank Info: Yellow Tang, Kole Tang, Cherub Angel, Watchman goby, 5 peppermint, 2 clowns, Snowflake polyps

02/10/2014, 01:35 PM	#2
Reefer82 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brownsburg, IN Posts: 216	It's a good skimmer though I owned both it and an aquamaxx hob1 and have to day the aquamaxx did a better job and the pump was much more quiet. The blue acrylic also looked great if it matters at all to you. Bubbles really weren't too bad with either but I would say the aquamaxx had a slight advantage. It was just a matter of the right water level in the tank for me to get it doing great

02/10/2014, 05:50 PM	#3
Plainswalker Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 67	It's a pretty good skimmer, have been running it on my 35g for the life of the tank. The only knock on it is that I had to trim down the input and output tubes as they were too long. It performs really well, and I have been carbon dosing for 6 months. For best performance though, you'd probably want an ATO or really consistent topoffs, but that's true of all skimmers.

02/10/2014, 06:19 PM	#4
UMass14 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: SO CAL Posts: 197	Try to hear it in action before you buy it. All HOB skimmers make noise. Just be sure you can live with the noise so you dont waste your $$$.