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    Vertex – Royal Exlcusiv Alpha 200 Kone Skimmers Now Shipping

    The Alpha 200 Cone Skimmer from Vertex Aquaristik and Royal Exclusiv has landed in the U.S. and began shipping out to customers last week, with the smaller Alpha 170 next on the arrival list and the Alpha 300 and Omega Series thereafter. The skimmer will be powered by a Mini Red Dragon pump compliments of [...]

    The Alpha 200 Cone Skimmer from Vertex Aquaristik and Royal Exclusiv has landed in the U.S. and began shipping out to customers last week, with the smaller Alpha 170 next on the arrival list and the Alpha 300 and Omega Series thereafter. The skimmer will be powered by a Mini Red Dragon pump compliments of Royal Exclusiv, with air intake of 1500lph.

    Like the Alpha 250 Kone skimmer, the 200 model will come with two different intake nozzles to adjust air intake levels. How much those will deviate fromt he 1500lph at this point is unknown. New on the Alpha 200 is the addition of a secondary pump input. It comes plugged, but allows the aquarists to adjust the foot print to best suit the confines of his or her sump. Enjoy the photos from Jeremy B @ PA.

    alpha 200 cone skimmer

    Left: Alpha 200  Right: Alpha 250

    alpha 200 Vertex Cone

    Multiple pump placement option. Next to or opposite output.

     

    Stats via Proline :

    • Foot print : 25 x 37 cm (9.8” x 14.5”) – Can be trimmed by 1″ on the long dimension.
    • Bottom plate : 25 cm (9.82”)
    • Height : 58cm (22.8”) ( Aprox. 1cm/ 0.4” needed for cup removal )
    • Foam-pipe/Neck : 134 mm (5.27”)
    • Cup height: 16 cm (6.3”)
    • Body: Seamless Cone made out of PETG Ozone-safe
    • Flange : fixed with 8 x Titanium screws Grade 2
    • Pump : Mini Red Dragon
    • Energy consumption: 25 / 30 Watt
    • Pump-holder : 10 mm PVC CNC-milled
    • Pump-head : massive 100 mm PVC, CNC turned with extra large volute
    • Pump Connection : fixed with 3 Titanium screws Grade 2
    • Air-intake : 1200 L/h, Super nozzle : 1400 L/h @ 8″ sump level

     

    You can find the Alpha line of Conical skimmers at Premium Aquatics and Salty Supply.

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    • Nicholas Sadaka

      That would be awesome to have one of those. Not in my future, but I always wonder how much better a skimmer like that would make your system. I think it’d be an interesting experiment to make 2 tanks exactly the same, do everything as similarly as you can with 2 skimmers-one high end and one medium to low end and see what kind of difference there would be. I’m very curious about that.

    • stunreefer

      @Nicholas – IME it’s an uncomparable difference. I didn’t compose and experiment as you suggested, but I switched from an Aqua-Euro USA to an ATB with Airstar on my frag system (mind you skimmers held same “rating”) and was absolutely blown away.

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    • Nicholas Sadaka

      @Stunreefer-in what aspects? Coral growth, color, better test results in water quality? I’ve had kindof the opposite experience. I went from an in sump old style Octopus Skimmer that was rated at 150 gallons to an external Octopus Pro and I really haven’t seen much apparent difference (even though the price was well over $300 in difference). Now, I do want to explain that this was also my first ever external skimmer and I absolutely suck with plumbing, so it could very well be that I don’t have things set up for the skimmer to perform optimally. So, now I’m pretty leary when it comes to stuff like that. However, going from a Seio 820 powerhead to a Vortech MP40 (and all the extra money incurred in that differential), I saw a huge difference. Guess it just depends, but it would be cool to see an experiment with a whole bunch of skimmers going head to head with one another.

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