Skimmer Thread

[cali_reef]

You can skip the skimmer all together if you do daily water changes :lol2:.. Who needs skimmer and ULNS additives if you can keep up with the water changes and have minimum fish load.

 

[mrkookm]

I typically do a ten-percent water change every week but lately I have to admit to not keeping on schedule like I should.

Yes I do agree he does the weekly WC but you gotta admit @ 14gal weekly, if that much, it still is able to hold down the fort for small skimmer IMO

 

[ctxmonitor]

mrkookm, he does weekly water changes on that system. That guy is a maintenance freak After a while keeping a tank with a high maintenance level becomes a real burden. I love that tank btw
The waste must be exported somehow because that skimmer is too small for that tank IMO.

Any skimmer is too small for a tank for you,

I just had mine install, over the weekend.. I'm still trying to fine tune it if i know how, lol.. By fine tune, i mean messing around w/ it, haha.. i'll post a pic when i get a chance..

 

[rickytsui]

no skimmer is ever good to rich. he does like 20g water change weekly and he still have a skimmer

 

[anthony27]

It is nice to see a skimmer thread but this person on this site jocb name is joseph just screwed me out of 100$ and also now I am out a skimmer so wow I am just so lucky right.

 

[juiceguy]

How did he do that?

 

[jackson6745]

I do expect a lot from my skimmer But ask yourself this question.....is my method/belief successful?

1lph for 10 gallons of tank water water is my formula. I actually go a little higher than this.

 

[h2o]

My new Salt Water Cone 250 1A

My upgrade from ASM G3

 

[InfernoST]

Nice. Is that an Askoll pump? I went with this RO XP2000. Sorry about the post in the way, this thing is an absolute beast.

 

[rickytsui]

skimmer these days r so much better then the older days

 

[h2o]

yes it is .

Nice. Is that an Askoll pump? I went with this RO XP2000. Sorry about the post in the way, this thing is an absolute beast.

BEAST is good in this hobby

 

[InfernoST]

BEAST is good in this hobby

No doubt.

 

[smoknreefrs]

DOH!!! I should have gotten the 200 instead then.. Maybe i can use it for my nano tank later, trying to get 24" cube for my place. But need to find a tank first, hehe.. I will post some nog shot when i get it.. I need to follow ur foot step in getting a better and better skimmer..

IMO, from everything that I have seen, read, and heard, oversizing a cone skimmer is a huge mistake. Undersizing just a tad seems to be the better way to go with the cone design.

If it is oversized it will pull like crazy inthe beginning, but later it will not pull anything. simply put an oversized cone skimmer wont be consistant with pulling doc.

 

[smoknreefrs]

Some may feel squeamish about eating it, but rabbit has a fan base that grows as cooks discover how easy they are to raise ? and how good the meat tastes.

huh?

 

[InfernoST]

I said the same thing myself.

 

[smoknreefrs]

i mean i do like rabbit, just not in my skimmer thread...

 

[InfernoST]

Bot ?

 

[smoknreefrs]

i just received my bubble kind mini 180, and i have to say, there is nothing really mini about it. when i first opened the pkg i was surprised by the size of it. Upon farther scruntiny I AM AMAZED AT THE DETAIL OF THE CRAFTMANSHIP!!!! It is pricey, but I am so happy that i purchased it. I placed it in the sump as its super quiet. Now, if this thing skims half as good as it looks and sounds, I wil truely be a happy customer.

Will post pics inthe very near future, and give an update of its prformance. I cant wait to see its performance level now that I have it up and running.

 

[InfernoST]

OK smokn where are the pics?

 

[juiceguy]

My upgrade from ASM G3

I have the same skimmer......i see you are running it in recirculating mode, how do you like it? here is mine running in sump