[ODDBALL361]

Hi I Need Some Advise On What Brand Of Protein Skimmer To Buy. What Do You Think Is The Best Kind?? I Have A Seaclone That I Need To Replace Because It Stopped Working. When I 1st Set It Up It Was Fine Now It Just Plain Sucks. Any Help Will Be Appreciated.

My Tank Is A 75 Gallon

[Reefland]

Hi Oddball,

Do you use a sump on your tank? If not, and have to use a Hang-On skimmer, the AquaC Remora Pro's with the bubble trap and surface skimmer is hard to beat. If you have a sump, you have a ton of options that we can discuss.

[ODDBALL361]

I Use A Hang On Skimmer. I Just Finished Reading About The Aquac Remora Skimmers. All The Reviews Have Been Positive And With Your Reply Being The Same I Think I Will Go With That Skimmer.

Thanks For Your Help

[Poseidon]

I agree with Scott, the remora is very good! I also like the CPR BakPak though.

[spankerbob]

HOB to avoid, seaclone, prism, and any other cheap one that petco or petsmart sells, trust me they are a waste of your time. They don't adjust easily you never get good foam prodution from them, and you won't know how poor they are until you get a good skimmer and then you will see what a P.O.S. they really are.

[Reefland]

If you get the Remora, I would suggest the Mag 3 upgrade and the bubble trap/surface skimmer attachment. You will be pleased with the performance.

[CSeaSee]

Not to discount other people's opinions, but the prizm works very well on my 10 gallon... even though it is clearly not appropriate for a large tank, it performs very well on a small one.
Otherwise, I'd say go w/ the Remora or BakPak (or both!)

[Floyd]

I just got a Bak Pak2 and it works great. Very east to use

[CRJDriver]

What would you all suggest for an in sump skimmer? Is a skimmer necessary? The LFS said that i didn't have to have one...so i don't have one. I have a 75g fish only.

[BubbaWPB]

They probably told you one isn't necessary because they didn't have one in stock. (Pardon my cynicism.) While it is true that tanks can be successfully run without protein skimmers, most of us wouldn't try to attempt to do so. One you see just how smelly, dirty, and nasty the stuff is that they pull out of the water - and how much of it they do pull out, you'll know you don't want that stuff in your tank...

[CSeaSee]

I have to agree with BubbaWPB here. Unless you enjoy doing large and frequent water changes, protein skimmers are absolutely vital to the long-term survival of your tank. And most of us are interested in the long-term.

[rjs5134]

I would love to know what the in-sump reccomendations are. I have an in-sump PS that is powered by a pump that blows water into the column. It reaslly doesn't work effectively.

Thanks for your suggestions

[spankerbob]

For an in sump skimmer your choices are endless, it all matters how much $$ you are willing to spend. From the bottom up you have the coralife supper needlewheel skimmers starting at around a $100, then you the other euro asm knock-off's like the octopus and pacific brands starting around $150, then you have the asm's that are starting around $225, then you have the euro's starting around $300, and in the $400 class you can start to get more variety with types of skimmers. The small beckets or air injection skimmers come on, the ETSS, Aqua c EV, PM, and lots and lots more. It really matters what you want to spend and what you want it to do.