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02-07-2006, 06:36 PM
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Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Puerto Rico
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Skilter Filter
Hey...are those skilter filters any good???....I have a 20gal long tank..live rock, live sand and planning on adding some mushrooms and zoanthids later on...I have the tank running with a Tetratec PF150 which is a pretty good size filter for such a small tank...
Is it enough to have the tetratecPF150, the skilter filter (skimmer and mech,bio and chemical filtration in one) and the live rock and live sand????
Has any1 had any good or bad experiences with these skilters...they seem like a pretty good deal only $40 and Im pretty sure it will be enough skimming for a 20gal...The skimmer part of it is rated all the way to 125gal aquariums
thx
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02-07-2006, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Memphis
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I've heard bad reviews on them from members here and other sites during my research of one. If your on a tight budget, I guess it's better than nothing, but a bakpak is what is highly recommended. A seaclone 100 is a <$100 skimmer that gets mixed reviews. IMO, it will be better than a skilter, but still not recommended.
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45G Reef - 65#'s of LR, 3" sand bed, Fluval 304 filled with LR rubble, (2) MJ900, SeaClone 100 protein skimmer with MJ1200
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Coral - Xenia, Devil's Hand Leather, Toadstool Leather, Green Hairy Mushrooms, Zoanthids
Inverts - (2) Peppermint Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, (5) Turbo Snails, (4) Nassarius Snails, (10) Blue Leg Hermits, Emerald Crab, (3) Scarlett Crabs, some small starfish(hitchhikers)
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02-07-2006, 08:29 PM
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Aquarium Advice Addict
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Savage, MN
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Skilters are not the best, but they will work...sort of. You are better off just adding a good quality skimmer to your existing set up then adding a skilter. As far a s filter, the skilter is not bad, as a skimmer, it is bad.
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02-07-2006, 08:34 PM
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Aquarium Advice Activist
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Illinois USA
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I had the Skilter 400. I hated it.
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55gallons, emperor 400 hang on filter, 150watts heater, Coralife 256watt light, 60 LB Live Sand, 43 LB Live Rock, ProClear Aquatics Pro 150 Wet/Dry Filter with Skimmer, 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crab, 2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp , 1 Algae Blenny, 3 Green chromis, 3 Peppermint Shrimp, 4 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab, 3 Emerald Mithrax Crab, 1 Porcelain Anemone Crab, 1 Feather Duster, True Bulb Anemone, 3 Ocellaris Clownfish, 15 Margarita
Snails, 2 Nudibranch, 6 Astraea, 5 cerith snails and 1 Japanese Pistol Shrimp. Updated 02/02/06
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02-07-2006, 08:36 PM
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Aquarium Advice Activist
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Illinois USA
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It is loud by the way.
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55gallons, emperor 400 hang on filter, 150watts heater, Coralife 256watt light, 60 LB Live Sand, 43 LB Live Rock, ProClear Aquatics Pro 150 Wet/Dry Filter with Skimmer, 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crab, 2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp , 1 Algae Blenny, 3 Green chromis, 3 Peppermint Shrimp, 4 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab, 3 Emerald Mithrax Crab, 1 Porcelain Anemone Crab, 1 Feather Duster, True Bulb Anemone, 3 Ocellaris Clownfish, 15 Margarita
Snails, 2 Nudibranch, 6 Astraea, 5 cerith snails and 1 Japanese Pistol Shrimp. Updated 02/02/06
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02-07-2006, 11:55 PM
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Aquarium Advice Freak
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Pleasant Gorve, Utah
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you get what you pay for.
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02-08-2006, 10:20 AM
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Aquarium Advice Activist
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Illinois USA
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I know that is why I do not use it anymore. I have a big wet/dry it is much better.
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55gallons, emperor 400 hang on filter, 150watts heater, Coralife 256watt light, 60 LB Live Sand, 43 LB Live Rock, ProClear Aquatics Pro 150 Wet/Dry Filter with Skimmer, 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crab, 2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp , 1 Algae Blenny, 3 Green chromis, 3 Peppermint Shrimp, 4 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab, 3 Emerald Mithrax Crab, 1 Porcelain Anemone Crab, 1 Feather Duster, True Bulb Anemone, 3 Ocellaris Clownfish, 15 Margarita
Snails, 2 Nudibranch, 6 Astraea, 5 cerith snails and 1 Japanese Pistol Shrimp. Updated 02/02/06
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