Tmc V2 600 Or 800

[cynos]

Hi
Does anyone use one of these?
Are they any good?
What pumps are you using with it?

 

[boshank23]

hey, i have the 600 and its the daddy! i use a rio 2400 to run it.

i can't tell you how impressed i am with this skimmer, i run it on a dry skim and the skimate is soooo dark. 100000000 times better than the red sea i had before that.

 

[cynos]

hey, i have the 600 and its the daddy! i use a rio 2400 to run it.

i can't tell you how impressed i am with this skimmer, i run it on a dry skim and the skimate is soooo dark. 100000000 times better than the red sea i had before that.

I have a red sea berlin skimmer at the moment, But its slightly too high to go into my cabinet, its a paint to get the cup off, the TMC looks slightly smaller
I've a few modifications done to my red sea and it seems to work pretty good at the moment actually

 

[boshank23]

hey, i have the 600 and its the daddy! i use a rio 2400 to run it.

i can't tell you how impressed i am with this skimmer, i run it on a dry skim and the skimate is soooo dark. 100000000 times better than the red sea i had before that.

I have a red sea berlin skimmer at the moment, But its slightly too high to go into my cabinet, its a paint to get the cup off, the TMC looks slightly smaller
I've a few modifications done to my red sea and it seems to work pretty good at the moment actually

i had the prizm skimmer and it was good for the tank i had at the time, but i didn't rate it that much. the TMC is so much better, i am getting some seriously dark gunk from it where i was sorta getting very light watery gunk from the red sea skimmer i had.

for the money i don't think you can beat the TMC skimmer, i payed £50 for my 600 second hand.

 

[cynos]

hey, i have the 600 and its the daddy! i use a rio 2400 to run it.

i can't tell you how impressed i am with this skimmer, i run it on a dry skim and the skimate is soooo dark. 100000000 times better than the red sea i had before that.

I have a red sea berlin skimmer at the moment, But its slightly too high to go into my cabinet, its a paint to get the cup off, the TMC looks slightly smaller
I've a few modifications done to my red sea and it seems to work pretty good at the moment actually

i had the prizm skimmer and it was good for the tank i had at the time, but i didn't rate it that much. the TMC is so much better, i am getting some seriously dark gunk from it where i was sorta getting very light watery gunk from the red sea skimmer i had.

for the money i don't think you can beat the TMC skimmer, i payed £50 for my 600 second hand.

Righ gonna have to get this so, it can be used external, can it?

 

[boshank23]

yeah, mine hangs on the back of my tank for now, till my sump is complete.

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

The only thing about the v2 skimmers is the big ugly brick sized pump that you have in the tank if you use it as a hang on.
Apart from that,I'm very impressed with my v2 400.

 

[mantis147]

Ive got the v2 400 and its great and does a very good job, I also had the red sea prizm which was aweful compared to this. It would be a bit of an eyesaw hung on the side of the tank as you say because of the pump but in a sump they are ideal

 

[rhysiboy]

i agree im not a fan of the brik pumps. would be ace if they could be made tiny. I must have a bit of a moan about mine because its a bit of a PITA but thats mainly due to how its put in my tank

 

[robbhp]

i have the 600 i think and it works a treat, the Rio looks crap and are crap, but i have to say they do a very good job. have had mine running for about 9 weeks now with out any problems. so a defo thumbs up from me. the only thing that i would look out for is the return pipe falling below the water line.

 

[boshank23]

if i remember rightly the TMC V2 600 just won an award from a marine magazine

 

[rhysiboy]

the whole v2 range won an awaard from PFK says so on the box and has a lil sticker saying 'product of the year' or something like that