skuzza Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Have been saving up for about 7 months and the wait is finaly over.After my flat worm wipe out i decided it was time to do it right.I wish the price was right but as we all know that is never the case. Deltec AP1003 It took a hell of a lot of work to get the green light to put the controler on the wall where you can see it.Women they just dont understand. Streams with 4 pumps. This is the best thing i ever did as it has only been a week and coral is looking alot better in colour and health shame about the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 What does that multicontroller do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Controls the pumps to create water movment simlar to the ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Oh OK. That skimmer looks big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Jimmy, that skimmer is HUGE. Nice work skuzza, that must have made the bank manager happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Can you put something in the photo with the skimmer for a scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 It's just under a metre high, over half a metre wide and can run a tank up to 5,000 litres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 and how big is his tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 it's a nano... 1600 litres from memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 So the skimmer is about the same size as the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 no jimmy about 3 times the size off my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 So that would make it 20 times the size of my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Nice. You'll be very happy with the skimmer and streams combo. The 1003 is one big skimmer! Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 lol big boys toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 And he can chuck another pump on there if he really needs overkill. Just out of curiousity, what would an ap1003 set you back retail? A quick look on the deltec site and a conversion gives me the rather large sum of $4,412.04 NZ. And how do these skimmers work? Are these needle wheel too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Bit annoying skuzza, as I wanted to have the biggest skimmer. Might have to upgrade to a ap1006 with 8 pumps. Could be divorce time. Maybe a good thing to upgrade the wife at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Feelers Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 And for some reason the ap1004 - (the ap1003 minus one eheim 1260) gives $772.776 NZD, the price of adding one pump. The same pump can be found for approx $200NZD on some US sites I quickly found. So there's Deltec adding $570NZD to stick on a pump , not a bad earning for a 10 minute job. (btw I have no idea how long this would take) I find that rather questionable to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 GO SKUZ :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 How come deltecs are so expensive in the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 How come deltecs are so expensive in the US? I think one reason is that they have some sort of duty on them, or so I heard. Or maybe the distributor wants to sell them for that price, people are obviously buying them. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Check out the prices of the opposition, BubbleKing. You can get one if you're prepared to sell the house. Deltec very cheap in comparison. ( Still expensive though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 So would bubblekings skimmers be better than deltecs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 That's the eight thousand dollar question Jimmy :lol: Who knows! There's been some argument on overseas boards with no definative evidence either way. Reef has tried one, he believes the Deltec is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 $8000 .Just curious, i have never heard of bubble king before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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