There is no reason you should pay over $300 for a skimmer for a tank 100g and smaller. BK's are overpriced like no other. I would bet that an Octopus/MRC would perform close to a BK skimmer and cost 1/2 to 1/3 of the cost. If you have the money laying around by all means go for it. If you didn't just win the lottery or you don't use $100 bills to wipe your *** than go for MRC/Octo.
RC has threads on both skimmers (almost the same) and tons of pics and feed back. I've got a Octopus extreme 160 and am in love with the thing. A friend of mine has a Octo Extreme 200 and has had no complaints about it. I've seen both in action and can tell you that you would be hard up to find a skimmer that costs less and performs better.
I don't mean to rant about the cost of BK....don't get me wrong they are nice and i wish i could afford nothing but the best regardless of cost but I can not. I would think the BK skimmer pump could be fitted on a Octo extreme.....lol. A poor mans BK!
RC has threads on both skimmers (almost the same) and tons of pics and feed back. I've got a Octopus extreme 160 and am in love with the thing. A friend of mine has a Octo Extreme 200 and has had no complaints about it. I've seen both in action and can tell you that you would be hard up to find a skimmer that costs less and performs better.
I don't mean to rant about the cost of BK....don't get me wrong they are nice and i wish i could afford nothing but the best regardless of cost but I can not. I would think the BK skimmer pump could be fitted on a Octo extreme.....lol. A poor mans BK!
