acrylic51
Active Member
A "Beckett" is a style of skimmer just like "needlewheel skimmers".....Your not being mean!!!!!They assume I guess that you know it is classed as a beckett style skimmer.....They don't copy anyones design.....The beckett comes from the piece used to produce the foam which is used in pond applications........It's a foaming head. If you would look at the design and go to the other site and look at pics real close you would see where the becketts come into play at.....When it comes to raw skimming power and handling huge amounts of water a needlewheel can't match up....
To answer you question anyone who builds even their own beckett style skimmer uses the same foaming heads....Why would you reinvent the wheel or try to when a good product already exists to do the job?????Like I said crzyfish check out the other forum and you'll see these skimmers aren't for the weak hearted!!!!!!!! You need a good pump to drive these things and you get quality skimmate, the only draw back to a beckett skimmer is that it needs more attention than a needlewheel skimmer does....To some that is no hassle and others don't like the idea of a big pump to drive them as well......But again if you do any reading in the fish magazines on skimmers you'll see Andy at MRC mentioned being at the top in that skimmer field, so it's kinda hard to knock his work......Again go to the other forum and look up that specific forum MRC club and you'll see them in action and maybe you'll understand that I said best skimmers for the job I listed several options being needlewheel and beckett style skimmers.......
To answer you question anyone who builds even their own beckett style skimmer uses the same foaming heads....Why would you reinvent the wheel or try to when a good product already exists to do the job?????Like I said crzyfish check out the other forum and you'll see these skimmers aren't for the weak hearted!!!!!!!! You need a good pump to drive these things and you get quality skimmate, the only draw back to a beckett skimmer is that it needs more attention than a needlewheel skimmer does....To some that is no hassle and others don't like the idea of a big pump to drive them as well......But again if you do any reading in the fish magazines on skimmers you'll see Andy at MRC mentioned being at the top in that skimmer field, so it's kinda hard to knock his work......Again go to the other forum and look up that specific forum MRC club and you'll see them in action and maybe you'll understand that I said best skimmers for the job I listed several options being needlewheel and beckett style skimmers.......
