Review on Coral Labs Beckett

[triggerfish]

hi, many thanks to Cookie for being able to deliver this beckett well ahead of time especially when my tank was without any skimmer since the weekend after some maintenance, kinda lazy to put back everything after all the hard work.

anyway here it goes ..... pic 1 was taken after all installation work was completed. and must express gratitue to Cookie for great patience and neat work done. it was taken at about 2300 hrs yesterday.

[triggerfish]

pic 2 was taken just before 000 hrs, still needed some fine tuning for the flow adjustment etc

[triggerfish]

pic 3 was taken at 1300 hrs today just after work ....

will post more pic later

[chinmo]

What's a beckett? skimmer? what it do? pls enlighten..... me kinda like Mountain Tortise!

[typrobin]

the reaction chamber seems short,compared to the bottom box...

[huiwen]

Saw the skimmer in action next to L35 lfs in pasir ris

[bwilly]

can see brownish skimmate after hours ah...?

I think break in liao, the skimming comes faster..

[triggerfish]

Day 3 ....

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on closer look ....

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Took this down this morning ....

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close-up!

[triggerfish]

can see brownish skimmate after hours ah...?

I think break in liao, the skimming comes faster..

ya i think break in liao ... very happy with its performance so far

[DeepBlue]

very solid skimmate!!! Seems like you have a very very good skimmer there.

What pump are you using to drive it? md55?

[lightningstrike]

very solid skimmate!!! Seems like you have a very very good skimmer there.

What pump are you using to drive it? md55?

i believe he is using a Resun MD40. Awesome skimmate considering the pump he is using.

[DeepBlue]

gosh.......I'm also running a md40..... but a smaller skimmer and with a low bioload tank....so dun get such crazy skimmates

[triggerfish]

very solid skimmate!!! Seems like you have a very very good skimmer there.

What pump are you using to drive it? md55?

running on a md40 .... lucky a kind reefer PM me on a good deal from a LFS ....

honestly, was kinda sceptical about getting a resun and called up the Iwaki (S) to find out the iwaki MD40R ... was quoted $525!!!! madness ....

anyway, bought a resun at less than 1/5 of the price, kinda quiet so far and not too hot, can safely place my palm on it without any problem.

[typrobin]

whao...md55?? must be some kind of special design that CM has up his sleeves..

[lightningstrike]

whao...md55?? must be some kind of special design that CM has up his sleeves..

bro, triggerfish is using resun MD 40 to run the beckett la.

[Cookiemunster]

the reaction chamber seems short,compared to the bottom box...

Thanks triggerfish for the nice review. I've been offline these few weeks due to heavy workload. I apologise if anyone pmed me and did not get any reply.

I'm not able to build as fast as the other DIYers here as I am quite busy with my own work.

Typrobin bro, the base was designed to be this big. However believe me, its not a short or small unit. This beckett is really big. Cylinder is 8inch. I had to design with a balance to using smaller pumps such as md40 and yet be able to take power pumps like the md 70 when upgraded. Hence the outlet I'm using is a 1.5inch Spears gate valve too.

Frankly speaking I was never a believer in beckett. I still prefer the energy efficient needlewheels. But when you see skimmate from a beckect, its hard not to be a convert.

Triggerfish the skimmate from the beckett powered just by a md 40 is quite impressive. Even if I say so myself. hehehe. But when you wish to upgrade in future, you will find the md 55 giving at least 3 times more skimmate and much much darker too. You can take a look at the skimmate at Pacific Aquatic shop hooked to their display tank at pasir ris L32D. They are using md55.

Once again thanks for the review.

[triggerfish]

Triggerfish the skimmate from the beckett powered just by a md 40 is quite impressive. Even if I say so myself. hehehe. 

dun mention it cookie..... and yes, heard you saying that you were impressed with the performance of the md40 instead of 55 on that night when u came over with your friend to install.

anyway, been working for a week liao and all seems fine! thank you.