Tank Journal Archive

chimaera · May 19, 2014

I have a Tunze 9002 but thinking I should go for something a bit meatier. Tank will be ~150l, not heavily stocked with fish, but SPS dominant.

Price is a factor so probably won't be going Royal Exclusiv ;)

Lesley · May 19, 2014

chimaera said:
I have a Tunze 9002 but thinking I should go for something a bit meatier. Tank will be ~150l, not heavily stocked with fish, but SPS dominant.

Price is a factor so probably won't be going Royal Exclusiv ;)

Don't know prices but the Deltec skimmer had been amazingly good for us. Hardly ever needs adjusting. Quiet and when we did have a problem deltec's customer service was outstanding. Wouldn't buy anything else but them. Food for thought.

chimaera · May 19, 2014

Lesley said:
Don't know prices but the Deltec skimmer had been amazingly good for us. Hardly ever needs adjusting. Quiet and when we did have a problem deltec's customer service was outstanding. Wouldn't buy anything else but them. Food for thought.

Deltec was definitely on my consideration list :)

RobbieMVFC · May 19, 2014

Hard to get these days but I have a Skimz 161 and love it. you probably don't need one that big but they do make smaller ones.

daveH · May 19, 2014

Aqua medic turboflotor 500 blue, hands down best skimmer for that size tank - $165 @ The Reef Shop

chimaera · May 20, 2014

Thanks, guys. Food for thought ...

JimmyDang · May 21, 2014

Tunze 9001 :)

chimaera · May 21, 2014

JimmyDang said:
Tunze 9001 :)

Very cool but way too small for my needs.

JimmyDang · May 21, 2014

Im getting the hydor slim skim nano for my tank.. the non nano version looks good? Could get the new nuvo internal one?

curly747 · May 21, 2014

I have an old reef octopus which goes great. I never have to adjust it and it copes with changes in sump water level. If i was going to replace it i would have this on my list of options

http://thereefshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=943

chimaera · May 21, 2014

curly747 said:
I have an old reef octopus which goes great. I never have to adjust it and it copes with changes in sump water level. If i was going to replace it i would have this on my list of options

http://thereefshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=943

Thanks, that one looks pretty good.

Also considering the JnS ConeS, probably the CO-1

ezza · May 22, 2014

How do you even know what the best value for the money is with a skimmer?! I would love to change mine but really can't get my head around the variety.

chimaera · May 22, 2014

ezza said:
How do you even know what the best value for the money is with a skimmer?! I would love to change mine but really can't get my head around the variety.

You don't! That's the challenge. For example, the Tunze 9002 might be the most popular/widely used skimmer in the world ... yet I don't find it works that well for me. Probably the user ...

What I do know is:
- Super cheap skimmers don't work too well usually (eg Aqua One) - though some use them successfully
- Super expensive usually do work well, but I struggle to justify the $:result spend
- The shitload of options in the middle ... well I am relying on recommendations and reviews. The JNS ConeS skimmer I posted above gets great reviews, haven't seen a negative one yet, and it's 'reasonably' priced (around $260 fore that option I think).

daveH · May 22, 2014

ezza said:
How do you even know what the best value for the money is with a skimmer?! I would love to change mine but really can't get my head around the variety.

That's easy, once you have been in reefing for a number of years you have would have probably bought most of the skimmers on the market. Just go back over everything you've bought and compare value for quality. ;)

chimaera · May 25, 2014

Well I'd pretty much decided on the jns ... And then reef secrets had it on the sns $35 off, so I grabbed it. Officially my first new tank equipment!

fragglerockcorals · May 25, 2014

daveH said:
That's easy, once you have been in reefing for a number of years you have would have probably bought most of the skimmers on the market. Just go back over everything you've bought and compare value for quality. ;)

haha, so true.

ezza · May 25, 2014

Cool! Thanks guys. I will invest in a new skimmer once we have dealt with my health and have money again! I might check out this JNS of which you speak.

Bdear22 · May 26, 2014

Yeh JNS are the go :cum

Agent M · Jun 8, 2014

JNS... how much noise are we talking? I'm yet to believe there is such a thing as a silent skimmer

chimaera · Jun 8, 2014

Agent M said:
JNS... how much noise are we talking? I'm yet to believe there is such a thing as a silent skimmer

Haven't unboxed it yet!