Skimmer for an overstocked 58 gallons

What skimmer would you recommend for a 58 gallon tank
overstocked with big fish and corals ?

Can be in-sump style or hang over the back - do not care.

Pszemol wrote:
What skimmer would you recommend for a 58 gallon tank
overstocked with big fish and corals ?

Can be in-sump style or hang over the back - do not care.
Depends on your budget, but I would suggest looking at the octopus nw
150 or NW 200 myself, they are great skimmers for for the price.

Kim
www.jensalt.com

"kim gross" wrote in message ...
Depends on your budget, but I would suggest looking at the octopus
nw 150 or NW 200 myself, they are great skimmers for for the price.

Thanks! Do you have any experience with that skimmer ?
How do you know it is good ?
And how is it better than others ?

Pszemol wrote:
"kim gross" wrote in message
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Depends on your budget, but I would suggest looking at the octopus
nw 150 or NW 200 myself, they are great skimmers for for the price.


Thanks! Do you have any experience with that skimmer ? How do you know
it is good ?
And how is it better than others ?


They are really good skimmers, I have the NW 200 on my tank.

How is it better, well it is not better, there are better skimmers, but
in its price range it is I beleive the best skimmer on the market. You
can get the NW 200 for $200, it is about the equivalent of a ASM g3
($265) or Euroreef 8-3 $400. The needle wheel pump on the skimmer
works very well and is very energy efficiant.

Kim

Remora AquaC Pro with upgraded mag3 pump and Surface Prefilter Box
(hang on tank) Get the drain fitting as well, they fill up fast.

http://www.marineandreef.com/shoppro...mers_aquac.htm

Oh yeah - they are the Cats ass....



"Pszemol" wrote in message
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What skimmer would you recommend for a 58 gallon tank
overstocked with big fish and corals ?

Can be in-sump style or hang over the back - do not care.

TheRock wrote:
Remora AquaC Pro with upgraded mag3 pump and Surface Prefilter Box
(hang on tank) Get the drain fitting as well, they fill up fast.

Looks good. How quiet are they?

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.

Not very loud at all....of course mine is behind closed doors.
I have it in my sump...minus the prefilter box.
The prefilter box skims the surface of the water.
The skimmer itself though does a great job, of course I had a seaclone
before this...
that was a mistake.

http://www.proteinskimmer.com/products/Remora.htm
http://www.proteinskimmer.com/mfmremora.htm
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...dproduct=ACRPB




"George Patterson" wrote in message
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TheRock wrote:
Remora AquaC Pro with upgraded mag3 pump and Surface Prefilter Box
(hang on tank) Get the drain fitting as well, they fill up fast.

Looks good. How quiet are they?

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are
permanent.

"TheRock" wrote in message news:9QWXg.68$5h6.21@trndny04...
The skimmer itself though does a great job,
of course I had a seaclone before this...
that was a mistake.

How is the new skimmer better from your old SeaClone?
What are their differences and similarities?

Bigger pump, more skimmate (approx 1+ gallons per month).
The Seaclone had this really annoying air hose that needed
to be adjusted DAILY, where as the AquaC has a
"Spray Injection System". It's a little adjustable screw underneath
the collection cup that pulls in air, a consistent amount
and the right amount. I've never touched it, although
I've thought about it but it seems to be set just right.

Also, I don't see any algae build up
on it. It may have something to do with the color of the
plastic (Smokey) ? Where as the Seaclone needed to be cleaned
almost weekly (clear plastic).
I haven't cleaned my skimmer body for 1 year...I will take it apart
shortly for a cleaning even though it doesn't look like it needs it.

The Seaclone also had many connections, 2 sections of pipe that tie together
1 to the skimmer body and the other to the pump. More places for possible
failure (leak)
Plus salt would creep around those areas...more to clean. The AquaC remora
assembly has fewer parts that need to be assembled and seems to be a much
simpler, more robust design.


But overall, it pulls more water through per hour (pump)
and it produces more and darker skimmate. In fact I believe if I didn't
have
the drain fitting on the collection cup, it would overflow every other day.

Not being an expert protein skimmer design or actually lack of interest
on my part, I make my judgment purely on results.

1 year later I'm still getting smelly, putrid, dark brown gunk
I'd say she's a winner.


Chris




"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"TheRock" wrote in message
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The skimmer itself though does a great job,
of course I had a seaclone before this...
that was a mistake.

How is the new skimmer better from your old SeaClone?
What are their differences and similarities?

George Patterson wrote:

TheRock wrote:

Remora AquaC Pro with upgraded mag3 pump and Surface Prefilter Box
(hang on tank) Get the drain fitting as well, they fill up fast.


Looks good. How quiet are they?

A soothing whooshing sound only. If you use the optional pre-skimmer box
over the pump.


George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.


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