Who likes the CPR BakPak skimmers??

[Sir Patrick]

I am not impressed- never have been...

Anyone ever get good skimm w/ some stink to it from one of these skimmers?? Ive ran them and ran them- but think I am done trying with them...

[tazzy695]

never realy got good bubbles out of mine when I had it then switched to an asm g3 and sump

[ReeferRob]

I had a double version given to me by a friend. I ran it for a week and threw it in the drive way. Those and the Red Sea Prizm skimmers are a waste of good plastic!!
For about $30 more I bought an ASM MiniG and that thing rocks!!!! Its a mini foam cannon!

[pjr]

For them to do anything you have to remove the pump and put in a MaxiJet 1200. Premium Aquatics used to sell a replacement venturi kit for the mod for like $8. I put in a Maxi 900 that I had laying around and it was a big improvement.

[Heidi]

Mine works great now. I had emailed the company complaining that it was weak and loud. They emailed me back and wanted to know what stock pump I had. I guess they have 2 and depending who you got your skimmer from you get a crappy one. . . or a good one. Mine was the Rio one. . . crap (F&S). They sent me an Accela, which is like a maxi jet I guess and NOW it works great. I have to empty my cup every 3rd day or it comes out the top of the holes. It stinks and is dark and gross, like gag me stinks. I vodka dose so I needed to make sure my skimmer was really skimming to do that but seems to keep my tank pretty clean.
Heidi

[steve&mari]

Hey chris the one you guys brought to the lansing swap seems to work alright for my sons 12gallon nano he did put the maxijet 1200 he. Had on it. Lots of bubles and gets some darker skim now stinks aswell. Sorry ya have had bad luck with em.
Big Steve

[Heidi]

I think if they want to sell them as a quality skimmer, they need to sell them ONLY w/ a maxi jet pump. You shouldn't have to go modifying a brand new skimmer you know . . . Or make them a bit cheaper and let you buy your own pump. They are good size and shape don't make a ton of micro bubbles but I'd be ashamed to sell my skimmer (if I owned CPR that is) with such a sucky pump like those little rios. . . just sayin. . .

[pjr]

Yep.... glad you all found the sercet to sucess with this skimmer... it's the pump! :-)

You can say the same about the remora. The Mag 5 makes a huge difference!