Warner Marine AS-300 Phat Boy Review!!!

[pookstreet]

What can I say? It's not even plugged in yet and I am already impressed :laugh: Actually, I was impressed long before I laid my dirty paws on this thing of beauty.

The build quality is impeccable. Attention to detail is evident throughout. This particular one comes with the regular output Sedra 9000's. When the High-Output 9000's are available, I will swap them out. Meanwhile, I'll run these and do some comparison between the two different pumps.

This thing is MASSIVE.....you can see my H&S in the background of the first pic. It's got a 12" body and a 6" neck. I'll post detail pix as it's put into action. For now, here are some pix of the skimmer itself. Hopefully, I'll have some time to swap the skimmers tomorrow. Enjoy!!!

 

[pookstreet]

 

[Yinger]

hurry up and plug that sucker in!

 

[pookstreet]

 

[pookstreet]

hurry up and plug that sucker in!

LOL..........soon, I promise.

 

[pookstreet]

 

[pookstreet]

 

[johnwin84]

wow..nice

 

[pookstreet]

I think I can fit my daughter in there

 

[wishntoboutside]

very nice kenny. i seem to recall a picture of your daughters in one of your tanks a while back

 

[pookstreet]

Nah Richard, that was the mermaid

 

[pookstreet]

Swappin'

Side by side of the H&S and WM

Because my sump water level is around 12" and the skimmer operates optimally at around 8-10" of water, I purchased some 3" couplers to raise the skimmer.

Man, it was a tight squeeze to get it into the sump. Just barely made it. It would have ruin anyone's day if it was too big :lol:

 

[pookstreet]

Phat Boy officially went alive on August 21, 2008 at 11:06 PDT. I'll get a short video of it soon. Stay tuned.

 

[pookstreet]

Let's try the video. Not sure if this will work. I can't seem to get the video file size down.

 

[jimmy007]

How much does something like that cost Kenny?

 

[jon warner]

looks good... should break-in in about a week. Btw, HO upgrade pumps are here next week for you and all the other AS200/AS300 owners.

 

[pookstreet]

How much does something like that cost Kenny?

Now why did you have to do that and remind me how much this thing costs :argh: This particular model retails for $1000.

 

[pookstreet]

looks good... should break-in in about a week. Btw, HO upgrade pumps are here next week for you and all the other AS200/AS300 owners.

Sweet. Can't wait. It's already sucking out some nasty stuff. I can only imagine what the HO pumps will do. I guess I should make it clear that the bioload in the tank is very low. I have 400 gallons in total volume with only 15 small fish. Hmmm........time to add more fish :top:

 

[Puffalicious]

can't wait to see some skimmage pics!!

 

[pookstreet]

Did someone say pix???

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