Comments on: ATB | external conical skimmers

By: ATB Small External Skimmer Review to Come at Glassbox Design | glassbox-design.com

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:01:09 +0000

[...] no skimmer on the market is “hotter” than ATB and just yesterday GBD received an ATB External Small Cone skimmer to run on the [...]

By: glassbox-design.com » SWC | New Cone Skimmer Coming to the U.S.

glassbox-design.com » SWC | New Cone Skimmer Coming to the U.S. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:25:20 +0000

[...] The SWC cone skimmer shown above is 11″ in diameter and 24″ tall. As you can see the model shown will be powered by two Sicce PSK pumps for 60-100 scfh (MSRP: $850). They will also be available with a single Sicce PSK for 30-50 scfh (MSRP: $750) or a Laguna/Askoll 1500 pump for 80 scfh of air draw (MSRP: $1000). Given the pumps that will be used and the skimmers proportions, the skimmer will likely perform very well… The only thing is it looks strikingly similar to a popular skimmer already on the market and imported from Austria–ATB. [...]

By: Jonathan Manke

Jonathan Manke — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:16:24 +0000

You might want to change those stats. Those output numbers were from the first 2000 motor design and were a little on the low end for what this motor can really do. So I changed the specs for the 2000 motor (or rather insited that ATB follow my original specs in the first place for the 2000. Now its getting 3500lph on 50Hz, and will most likely overshoot 4000lph in the US with 60Hz.

There is also a ‘giga’ which will be over 4′ tall, and run on the new 4200 motor I designed for them. This pump should be in the 6000lph range on that body… I have no doubt that the 4200 should hit 8000lph… but it depends on the head pressure of the skimmer and how the pump is designed to handle it.

Regards,
hahnmeister