acrylic51
Active Member
Originally posted by tony detroit
For the most part yes, although becketts will excel a bit compared to a needle wheel like a euro reef or ASM. The beauty of a recirc is you can use different feed pumps but get the air intake at a even higher rate. To skim wet with a euro reef you are shaving gph of of your total skimmed water per hour. To skim wet on a recirc you just turn up your feed pump. The pumps feeding the air and circulating the water in the chamber do that, and that alone. This is why Deltec, H and S, GEO, and EuroReef have all gone to the recirc design.
The europeans have been using it for a while now, Deltec and H and S just recently started making a hit in the US market. Euroreef copied their design just like they do everything else. Same story for GEO. H and S and Deltec share the patent. The recircs also use the downdraft principle, the water is put into the skimmer at the very top of the neck and has to "fall" through the bubbles.
Becketts are great skimmers, just be ready for a flood at any moment, higher electrical bills, constant adjustment, and noise issues.
I almost went with the beckett but after seeing, reading, etc. I think the recircs are the best thing out there right now. Steve Weast runs a Deltec Recirc, need I say more? If you get a recirc I assure you you won't be dissappointed.
tony
What kind of price are you looking at when you shop for H and S??? Euro Reefs seem way overpriced in my book as well!!!!!!
