And then here it comes, the amazing skimmer Octo Elite 200-S. Super performing, extremely compact and designed for aquariums up until 1000 liters. We can’t wait to test in tank.
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Octo or, using the previous name, Reef Octopus, is a world renowed company for its pumps and for the skimmers using the same pumps. On the official website Octo underlines that they’re the first company to build both skimmers and pumps, obtaining the maximum synergy between the two worlds. We just have to learn more about them!
Octo‘s offer for skimmers is very wide. It includes both cheaper skimmers and more performing models like the Regal or Elite lines, of which the latter is pretty interesting because of the extremely compact configuration. In Italy, where the space is always tight, it met the market’s taste. Who sets Octo‘s pumps surely wants to obtain the maximum in performance.
The skimmer Elite 200-S is build very professional with white and red Acrylic and PVC, to visually recall the brand’s colors. Smart detail.
Technical characteristics Octo Elite 200-S
- Suggested aquarium size: until 1500 liters;
- Skimming pump: Octo VarioS 4-S
- Treated air: 1.500 l/h (we’ll test this parameter);
- Treated water: 1.600 l/h;
- Power consumption: 40 watt;
- Sizes: base space 32,5×25,5 cm;
- Cylinder diameter: 20 cm;
- Height: 60 cm;
- Requested water level: not declared (we suggest 20 cm);
- Cost: about 980 euro.
The skimmer is conical, it starts from the 20 cm of the diameter of the base and the neck is 12 cm. The air is sucked by a muffler on the exhaust system: the air pipe is partially inside the same drain pipe, then it goes out and enters the base of the skimmer. In this way the occupied space is very little.
The pump is assembled vertically, with the impeller downward: in this way the skimmer creates the foam downward and then it goes up to the glass’ neck. The glass is given with a floating connected to the controller of the pump Octo VarioS 4-S, so that you can control the fill of the glass. Nothing to say, it’s very useful! Obviously it couldn’t miss the drain pipe of the glass to empty the skimmer in bigger containers or directly in the waste.
The glass is extracted by rotating it on its own body. You’ll need two hands to do it. You can set the skimmer by turning the drain pipe that blocks the exit, which is at half height on the side of the skimmer.
The skimming pump and the performances
The pump that manages the skimmer Octo Elite 200-S is simply monstrous. In fact, the pump is a Octo VarioS 4-S, that is the VarioS 4 with needle impeller for the skimmer. It’s set for a maximum of 1.500 l/h of treated air and a maximum of 1.600 l/h of treated water. In an almost equal ratio. But the pump Octo VarioS 4 is on its own a beast of 40 watt of power consumption, 4,5 meters of hydraulic head and 4.000 l/h of flow rate. A mix we can’t wait to try!!!
Let’s just give us a couple of weeks more to finish our measurements, because this beast is already on in Simone’s tank, and then we’ll let you know…
The only problem with Octo is that it isn’t imported in Italy and that’ a pity because it’s a smart and very well built tool.
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[We thank OCTO for providing us the skimmer Elite 200-S]
