Skimmers

whats a good 300 to 500 gal skimmer that is not going to break the budget ?

 

Love the sro5000. Hung has a used one at sea of marvels

 

I lIke SRO5000 too.

 

Yeah he sold that one ...... I am still researching what I need I have a 17 x 11 space which gives a little wriggle room

 

@Armydog runs a Skimz. Pulls some nasty ****. I can't remember what size it was but it's on his 300dd tank and frag tank. I saw it in person. Looks nice.
Another one to look into is Aquamaxx skimmers. I think the Co3 or co5.

 

Here is the one I have. Best skimmer I have ever owned

Skimz Octa SC255i Internal Protein Skimmer

 

The foot print on that is small compared to reef octopus

 

Pumps are internal. But its a pretty big skimmer. Imo pulls more stuff then I have seen any other skimmer do. I dump the cup 3 times a week thick brown slug

 

If you want a new 5000int I can get you that for pretty cheap pm if your interested or any skimmer for that matter 4 paws unleashed can get them. I could get it in by friday and bring it to the show

 

I stopped doing zeo cause for some reason with the new tank I couldnt get the alk down below 8.2 plus with 450g of water it was getting really expensive.

I plan on dosing vinegar but I haven't started yet.

I have a gfo/carbon L spyglass reactor and recently added a kalk reactor

 

I was told with carbon dosing I'll get more skimmate which at that point I plan on incorporating my davy jones locker I dont want to empty everyday lol

 

Top down of my 95ish gallon sump.

I emptied the cup when I got home at 12pm on Tuesday of this week

 

The super space saver reef octopus has internal pump. The other model don't and the pump is pretty big. It takes up a lot of space.
That skimz is a beast. Nice skimmer from what I saw.

 

When I ran bio pellets I got about same amount of skimmate but it was really dark and nasty, almost black. I had to wait until wife was gone to empty cup. Smelled the whole house up. I should just get a skimmate locker.

 

I am thinking about getting a regal 250sss I know it is huge but when I upgrade my tank

 

Hope you can find one used cause BRS says discontinued

 

Oh wait that is the other 250sss sorry