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The endless debate: good skimmer for around $200 or so?
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 3:43 pm
by ShagMan
Looking around and the two ones I like are the Kent Nautilus TE and the Euro-Reef knockoff, ASM's... I think the ASM's would be the best...
The Kent Nautilus TE w/ pump will run me about $190
the cheapest price I found on a All-Seas Marine G-1 Protein Skimmer is $230 shipped.
What do you guys think? Is there something else good out there? It'll be an in-sump for a 100G.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 5:06 pm
by reeferpuffer
do the nautalus, they kick ass, i have one on my tank here
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 11:17 pm
by Brandon
I think the kent TE's are a great deal. I'm very pleased with my "My Reef Creations" skimmer also.. I think Beckett's rock.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:03 am
by snoopdog
Reefer i am still waiting on that partition to go ahead and break lose. Looking even more bowed in that picture. Thats not glass is it ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:14 am
by ShagMan
OK, I got the skimmer of my dreams delivered and working last night. It's an All Seas Marine G2, ran by a Sedra 3500 pump. I paid $164 total for it, slightly used. It's a mirror image of the more expensive Euro-Reef skimmers, down to using the same pump w/ the needle wheel impeller. It's rocking! Here's a picture of it, this is 2.5 hours after it was setup. Yeah, I'm serious!
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:13 am
by snoopdog
I think you found your solution. That cup tube isnt in your sump is it ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 12:15 pm
by ShagMan
I looked when I got it, and I sure don't see any sort of drain tube... I'll check that out tonight, good idea... I sure hope this is what turns my tank around, my chemicals are all perfect already, so there must be some bad crud in the water.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:03 pm
by reeferpuffer
its plexigalss by the way, and its still rockn
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:16 am
by ShagMan
Kevin, I checked the other night, and there's no drain tube.
I'm having to clean this thing about once every two days, it's amazing.
My corals are starting to turn around, and the hair algea is lessening already.
Euro-reef type skimmers
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:41 pm
by Xster
Man, I love this thing. I just got a Euro-reef 12-2 and I mean this things kicks ****. Some serious dry gunk comes out. The zillions of micro bubbles in the body of skimmer shooting up to the top is simply stunning to watch. I would definitely go with one of these types of skimmer again.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:06 pm
by Brandon
I can't imagine the *12*-2... that is a friggin huge skimmer.. bet the collection cup from that will smell ripe after a week of skimming.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:03 pm
by snoopdog
I notice the smell of the skimmate varies on skimmers. Alot of times mine will put out skimmate with zero smell. Now if you have curing rock the smell is horrible. When i first got my tank i could not stand to clean the skimmer.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:30 pm
by JPerkins
I just bought a euro reef es2 with sedra 3500 pump from Aquarium Fantasies for $220.
Haven't hooked it up yet but am dying to. From everything I have heard, they are pretty nice.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 9:39 am
by ShagMan
I can tell you right now, this skimmer is as good as gold... almost ALL my hair algea is GONE, the cyano is COMPLETELY gone... which is amazing, and my corals are looking better every day. Mine produces a non-smelly thick mass of what looks like brownish dishwashing suds, with dark liquid in the bottom of the cup... I clean mine every few days though... maybe if I left all that stuff in the cup, it would solidify.
Long live the skimmer!
I would highly recommend anyone that's looking, to get either a Euro-reef or an All-seas Marine skimmer, which both use the Sedra pumps with the needle-wheel impeller.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:26 pm
by snoopdog
The one you have is a needle wheel ? Never seen one in action i will have to check it out soon.