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Does anyone own this skimmer or have seen it in action? Also curious as to what the needle wheel looks like. I wanted to know if the stocking reccomendations were also accurate. I'm thinking about possibly adding 2 of these to my 210 gal. that is moderately stocked. I read the review...

you should check out the Rena Xp3. 350 gph and has 3 media baskets , but 1 contains 4 sponges. It's pretty nice i've had mine running for almost 2 years now w/ not a single problem. It's also has a spray bar attachment to spread out your flow. Not to mention when you clean it the hoses...

Actually I have the Pro and the Deluxe and after my mods they're ok. I did a mesh mod for the pump and replaced the standard airline w/ a slightly larger airline and put a valve at the end w/ a silencer. In general they're loud but even after the airline mod they are more quiet now. Without...

Has anyone ever used these before? I know they have a model out that has the pump inside the chamber also, but that is the lower end model. Was wondering if they have a 300 unit that has the dual pumps inside like the 100 model? and if anyone has to do any mesh mods to this skimmer or if they...

does anyone know at all?

Hello, It's been a while since I've last posted, but I have a question about the css220 that I currently own. I'm having pump problems right now w/ it. I've already been through 2 units since the pumps are not sold seperately my lfs just replaced my entire unit. But it's still a headache...

He's already molted twice in the tank and he's doing pretty well. He has the run of the tank, w/ no threats. I do have other systems that I can put him in but thought he would be a nice centerpiece in the desktop tank.

Just curious for a Invert only tank (5 gallon) what would be compatible w/ a coral banded shrimp. As far as other shrimps, crabs, or the reef like lobster. Also curious if a pistol shrimp would be ok w/ one. As of right now I just have the CBS and a few snails and hermits. Just curious...

Well I decided to add a few hermits, an emerald crab and a Coral Banded Shrimp (Center Piece) and just for now I added a Pulsing Xenia frag. (from the mother coral in my main reef tank) For lighting right now I'm using the Coralife 50/50 10 watt fixture. But eventually I'm going to look...

Hello, I'm ready to set up a 5 gallon acrylic bowfront tank for my office. Like anyone here I like the unusual and "attention grabbers" and color. Now I know if I tried to cram any fish in that size it would have to be under constant supervision to make sure the levels are correct and...

If it were me I'd feed them very small amounts once nightly and I'd try to target feed your mandarin the mysis shrimp. I've had mine for 3 years on the hikari mysis shrimp. Just make sure all the food is gone in like 3-5 mins. If you still have it floating around 10+ mins. later i think that...

That sounds pretty nice. But if you haven't already purchased the seaclone skimmer i'd prob go w/ a diff. brand. Seaclones from what I've read are ok but you mess w/ the settings a lot. If you need a good hang on back skimmer I went w/ a coralife super skimmer. They have 3 diff. sizes...

Well w/ my 210 gal. tank and 180 lbs. of LR I have a center Cave that my yellow tang and emperor angel share and I have several other nooks and crannies and the right and left side of it. I even have a over hang that my cleaner shrimp use as a cleaning station. My rock has about 4-6" of...

I have 180 lbs. of LR. 140 or so lbs. being LR the Rest being base rock that actually has coraline algae and tubeworms, featherdusters and tons of pods on all the rocks. The LR is actually a mix of fiji and fla. and carribean LR.

Sorry I forgot to add it to this post. It's 210 gallons. And I do 1 full rubbermaid water change each friday. It's around 16-18 gallons I think. And dragonforce I noticed that you turned a power filter into a mini fuge. I was thinking about doing the same thing w/ my emperor 400 filter...

Well, after thinking about it and seeing opinions on here I'm going to trade in a few of my guys and see how much the NH3 goes down from there and if I'll be able to stock w/ anything else. The guys I'm keeping: Leopard Wrasse Emperor Angel Blue Jaw Trigger Harlequin Tusk The guys I'm trading...

Just curious about what type of filters and all that stuff everyone here runs on their tank. Also curious about what your water parameters really are. I've seen hundreds of people w/ 55 gal.-90 gal. tanks w/ fish that should only be housed in hundreds of gallon tanks saying all their...

Ya I've been looking at those and other fuge plumbing set ups. As for flow besides the 330 gph on the Rena I have 3 Via Aqua 4900 PH (1321 gph) So I think i'm ok on surface turnover. Just thought if I did a descent amount of water change I would give my skimmer and the new filter a chance...

Well I haven't had a good size water change since the new filter system, so I'm going to try that first and then see how or if anything creeps back up. If it does I've already determined that I'll give up either the Fox face or Naso or the Yellow. The blue jaw, emperor , leopard wrasse, and...

From experience i've tried a rusty and a pygmy angel in my 210. Let me tell you it was WWIII in my tank. I couldn't fish either one out fast enough and the pygmy ended up dead. I couldn't imagine 2 dwarfs in a 37. You have to keep in mind also your tank isn't exactly holding 37 gallons...

Luckily my area only had winds from 60-80 mph. Never lost power and only lost my satellite signal for like 20 mins. The plan is to just run the xp3 filter along w/ the super skimmer. The 400's are eye sores considering the amount of salt creep they create. And I'm still playing around...

Like I said so far it's a fantastic filter. As for the tank it's a 210 gal. (72L"x24W"x30H") I have a coralife Super Skimmer 220 on there along w/ a CL 36w UV sterilizer. Now w/ a Rena xp3 And for livestock: Harlequin Tusk Blue Jaw Trigger Leopard Wrasse Yellow Tang Naso Tang Fox Face...

Well over the weekend before I got clobbered by Wilma I went out and bought a RENA xp3 canister filter. And I have to say my amonia level dropped to almost 0. (was around .25 before each water change.) My 2 emperor 400's couldn't keep up w/ the bioload. Anyone else have experience w/ these...

Well you might have a 50/50 chance to re-add the dottyback w/ success. He might also be programmed to attack the 6line now. I'd wait until the 6line was out swimming the tank and eating. Also switch the landscape around now so you don't have to stress the 6line out more than you have to. I've...

How large of a refugium you think would work? 40 or 50 gal. There was another user on these forums that did a 30 gal. fuge w/ a 30 gal. main display. I really liked the look of his fuge. And one more question w/ the fuge idea. If I go this route do I need the media stuff or the floss pad...