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Renowned for durability and reliability, this pump promises
years of trouble free operation while consuming just 38 watts
and drawing an impressive 2000lph max of air.
an eye on how much headroom
you have if you are running it
underneath a tank as this beast
is a full 2 feet tall!
With the Omega 200i
currently going for around£650 from a small number
of selected outlets in the
UK, this certainly isn’t a
‘make-do’ option. Given the
strong feature set, superb
build quality, unique designand exemplary presentation
we’d nevertheless thoroughly
recommend it based on our
initial impressions. Whether
you decide that investing in
such an item has the potentialto save money in the long term
is your choice... whatever the
case look out for our follow-up
review in a future issue in which
we’ll be installing this skimmer
on a large reef tank. A close-up of the chunky pin/needlewheel impeller assembly. The V-200i pump promises efficient but powerful operation