The Reef Octopus Prime protein skimmer is a new model from the Chinese manufacturer which bears an uncanny resemblance to one of last year’s best. Wine glass body shape, custom volute for not-a-Sicce pump, and that iconic red & white justscreamsVertex Aquaristik，还是Royal Exclusiv？
Nearly every minutiae of the顶点欧米茄150has been replicated on the Reef Octopus Prime skimmer. The noise canceling cradle for the pump, the custom volute, even the diffuser plate and turbulence reducing perforations on the外部盘子。确实存在一些差异，最值得注意的是使用水生泵代替SICCE，在水泵的进气口上没有螺纹空气/水流控制。
还有一些尼龙螺钉将身体固定下来，而不是钛螺钉，而流量控制管的尺度很小，以查看脱脂机的高度。欧米茄撇渣器上质子的一种潜在改进是使用刺刀姿势而不是螺纹脖子，因此应该更容易移除和更换撇渣器杯子。
In any case, the tried and true design that Reef Octopus isliftingborrowing ought to produce a very good protein skimmer with lots of fine air bubbles and good contact time. Despite not using the venerable Sicce pump to power their Prime Skimmer, Reef Octopus still touts up to 900 liters per hour on the AQ-3000s model and 500 lph for the AQ-1800s.
We don’t whether to commend or scorn Reef Octopus for designing the Prime skimmer nearly identically to the Vertex Omega 150 protein skimmer. There are small improvements and minute changes, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? But we gotta wonder what Vertex Aquaristik thinks of this. [Reef Octopus]
