needle-wheel skimmer and light help

[acidjazz]

oooo.... think i will save money for a cheap becketts.... but mean while have to make do with my weipro 2012 now... lucky only got a scissortail goby, maroon clown, coral beauty, 1" blue tang, black ray shrimp goby and pistol pair, graden eel, blue damsel and algae blenny, 10 hermits, 2 pom pom crabs and a purple head boxer shrimp and some yumas and mushrooms and a finger leather.... guess no more corals and more fishes for me until i got my beckett....

bro, why u keeping so many hermits? sorry

anyway maybe can look out for 2nd hand beckett, since its not an electronic equipment like chiller, u dun have to worry tt i will spoil.

most important is get a good pump also.

[cjh]

haha... i find that hermits r cute and planning to put most of them in the refugium....

oooo... 2nd hand beckett? normally how much does it cost??

[cjh]

bro, remember for beckett its the pump driving it that is important. Other consideration will be heat issue, noise level and electrical consumption. Read up past forum / review on other reefer's beckett before you take the plunge.

ohh... so should i get a chiller or a beckett 1st??

because if i use a beckett that means the pump might produce quite an amount of heat which a fan cannot handle but if i get a chiller 1st there might be an bio overload right?? P.S. correct me if i'm wrong....

[loster]

ohh... so should i get a chiller or a beckett 1st??

because if i use a beckett that means the pump might produce quite an amount of heat which a fan cannot handle but if i get a chiller 1st there might be an bio overload right?? P.S. correct me if i'm wrong....

may be get the external pump to drive the beckett. e.g MD40 or MD55. pressurize pumps are good for beckett and most are used for external. perhaps, small "good" needlewheel is good alternative if you worry for power consumption.

this is my personal opinion only for smaller tank and since you just want to keep softies, fishes and many hermits or may be some hard corals, good needlewheel is good enough (lower power consumption). if you want to go for a bigger tank with heavy bio-load and more demanding hard coral - those need very clean water. beckett is a good choice or may be a bigger needlewheel. however, end result almost the same with the backett, b'cos you will use more power to drive the bigger needlewheel.

this is my personal opinion there is no right or wrong answer, either one is good

so, it all depende of what you want and your setting budget and also your long term plan

[cjh]

ooooo... think need to do research on beckett and needle-wheel and compare liao....

[acidjazz]

bro, get the chiller first, md55 can produce quite a bit of heat if you are planning to use beckett. .

[cjh]

ohhh.... haha.... thats on my mind also.... get a chiller 1st... at least my current fish will not suffer so much heat wave.....