Hi All, Sorry for "yet another snail ID". I combed thru all the hitchhiker ID guides and googled by the shell description with no luck. As you can see from the pic, googling "cone" or "pyramid" returned too many hits on cone snails and pyramid snails - neither of which looked like what I...

I've finally decided to upgrade my skimmer and invest in a new one. I'm torn between a Reef Octopus model and a Coralife Cone 75G (I didn't even know until today that Coralife even made a cone style skimmer.) installing one of these two skimmers is going to mean that I will have to tear down my...

Im looking to buy a Coarlife 300G or 150G Cone Skimmer (130G tank). I know many people dont like it but its better then no skimmer and im on a shoe string budget. My question is how much does it break down / Disassemble? I have a tight area to try to get it into and as it sits whole i dont...

I am building up on equipment for my future 100-120 gallon aquarium. I've set a budget for $300 for a skimmer, I had my eyes on the SWC, mainly because of good reviews and I need to be VERY careful with the noise. In your opinions, Whats the Best for a 100-120 that pretty maxed out on fish...

I'm looking to buy a good cone skimmer for a heavily loaded 150g. Let me know what you have. I'm willing to spend up to $400 but rather stay closer to $250-$300 if possible. Vu

Just got this big guy in the mail a few days ago! I thought I would share this with all of you. SWC is a newer manufacturer of cone skimmers up in Canada, and I thought I would try them out. I ordered this skimmer from Premium Aquatics to my door for $413. It came with a Sicce 2500 pump and...

Hi, Currently i have a 110 gallon reef tank and i am running an Octopus NW-200 with a Mesh,Venturi and Gate Valve Mod. It skims pretty good but within the next year i am buying a house and am planning to do an in wall tank like 180-300 gallon reef with a lot of fish as well. I am starting to...

Hello Everyone! Octopus' new cone skimmer will be selling for 399.99 and if you preorder, you can get free shipping as well. Your card would not be charged until the skimmer is ready to ship and can be cancelled anytime before inventory arrives. Bubble Blaster 2000 pump 30 watts of power...

For anyone looking to get into a cone skimmer for a small to medium sized system at a reduced cost, we now have the E-shopps cone skimmer ready to ship out. This skimmer has a footprint 9.5" x 8", and will fit in those smaller areas that a lot of these new cones won't get into yet. The...