Best protein skimmer to buy???

[Paulm87]

My tank is a red sea max 130d and the skimmer isn't great on it so I want to buy a new one to sit in the cabinet and just be fed with piping, I don't have a huge budget but want a decent skimmer up to £150. I could also do with an RO unit but again don't know anything about them such as which is best, any help is appreciated. Thanks

[Gti_Leo]

honestly on a 35 gallon you don't really need a skimmer and can get away with just regular filtration and weekly waterchanges. my skimmer pulled out nothing from the water columb so i removed it

[Paulm87]

When I had the skimmer in before it used to take a lot of waste out of the water but just wasn't that good, so I need a new one but dunno which to get

[Gti_Leo]

get an HOB reef octopus

[Paulm87]

How much is that?

[mr_X]

if it was pulling a lot of waste out of the water, then apparently, it was pretty good.
just do weekly partial water changes and keep your skimmer, and your money.

[Paulm87]

It was just really sensitive and I'd have to adjust it constantly to keep it working

[mr_X]

just like stated above, the octos are pretty good for the money, though i wouldn't even have a skimmer on a tank of that size. water changes will remove waste, and replenish elements at the same time.

[Ibrahim]

What X said. I'd focus more on getting an RO/Di unit. You can find a good cheap one under 100 or this one http://www.cfsco.net/fikemadehima.html

[Firemedic1081]

Originally Posted by Paulm87

When I had the skimmer in before it used to take a lot of waste out of the water but just wasn't that good, so I need a new one but dunno which to get

What "wasn't that good" about the last one? I love my Reef Octopus. It's an in sump skimmer though.

[Dinodu]

I hace a coralife one for 65 and i do a 30% water change But thats me that work 70 hours a week lol

[Paulm87]

Originally Posted by Firemedic1081

What "wasn't that good" about the last one? I love my Reef Octopus. It's an in sump skimmer though.

It just constantly needed tweaking, i would need to alter it several times a day otherwise it just used to stop working

[Ibrahim]

My octopus skimmer fills my cup every other day and it's the bh 100 hob skimmer here is what it looks like every day