Skimmers

[macman7010]

I am getting ready to buy a new skimmer for my 50 gallon reef. Right now I have both my in sump skimmer which is a generic skimmer driven by a Rio 600 powerhead and a Sea Clone 150. I am sick of adjusting the sea clone every 5 minutes for it to work. I was wondering what skimmer would be good to get, I was considering the new coral life skimmers - any ideas?

 

[fishfreek]

For a 50 gal tank you could use a BakPak2 skimmer or an AquaC Remora.

 

[skennelly]

My vote would be to go with an ASM skimmer either the GX1 or larger if you can afford it. Great Skimmers for a great price.

 

[Jason]

get the coralife skimmer if that is the one you are considering. I have a 220 on my 72 and I love it. great skimmer.

 

[schoeplein]

Man, I have the JEBO 180, the generic pawn off of the Seaclone 100 - this thing rocks. I've left it on the same setting for almost two weeks now with no need for adjustment. I get about 1cm of dark green, almost black skimmate every 3-4days now (was every night for the first couple days). It could be possible that you are using too weak of a powerhead -- the generic one that came with mine is equivalent to what would be a Rio900-1000 (even tho they dont exist, its more powerful than a Rio800, but less powerful than a Rio1200). Plus its also awesome the small footprint this thing has - I was actually able to squeeze it into my 'fuge. I'll take pictures tonight.

btw, here's a link: http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=101

$49.98 after shipping? How can you beat that?!