ok i went to one of my lfs, and asked about skimmers. he mentioned that he uses sea clone's and has never had a problem on his 55. i kinda looked at him strange knowing normally people do not like that skimmer. well i went to the lfs store i like more, and he mentioned an excaliber skimmer for about 135. he said he has had his for 8 years now and is still running fine. i just wanted to get some input to see if i can save 40 bucks and get the sea clone, or should i get the excaliber. by the way currently i have a 55 fo. i will be upgrading to a reef after this summer.
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i'm confused?
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there are many good skimmers. both aqua-c, remora.... Im sure his tanks are fine (the lfs) but running a sea-clone is almost like running skimmerless, there not totally useless but almost totally useless, do not waste your money on one of them. the reason his tanks are ok is probally due to waterchanges, macroalgae or some other technique. it is of course possible to run skimmerless. When you run a seaclone on a big tank your almost running skimmerless.
FWIW,
My Seaclone 100 works just fine on my 72 gallon bowfront. Once a week I have to empty the collection cup and by the stench, fullness, and color I must say that it does its job just fine. (I'm not kidding about the stench, smells like something crawled up and died in the collection cup.)
Yeah I could've spent more money on a bigger and better skimmer but it wasn't necessary. There are many ways to spend money in this hobby but not many people who are comfortable enough to speak up and say "Hey, I did it the cheap way and there's nothing wrong with my tank."
The only negative thing I can say about the Seaclone is when I do water changes and add dechlorinators to the tap water the skimmer doesn't produce foam for a day or two. No big deal in my opinion. All I do is close off the air intake for two days, open it back up, and voila back to normal. This may be the case w/ expensive ones too... Not sure. I'm just one of those stubborn people who refuses to invest a lot into technology because I know how reliable it all is...
BTW, I have a sumpless tank w/ a yellow tang, 3 yellowtail damsels, a firefish, a cleaner shrimp, a neon goby, a steintz goby, 4" sand bed and 72 lbs live rock. Water params are the best they can possibly be in an aquarium. Didn't want to say perfect lest we compare our tanks to the ocean... Point is the skimmer keeps up with the load in my tank just fine. My damsels are happy enough to repeatedly spawn and my corals show excellent growth. The fact that I replace trace elements w/ B-Ionic dosing doesn't hurt. No matter what skimmer you use make sure you replace those trace elements. :wink:
My Seaclone 100 works just fine on my 72 gallon bowfront. Once a week I have to empty the collection cup and by the stench, fullness, and color I must say that it does its job just fine. (I'm not kidding about the stench, smells like something crawled up and died in the collection cup.)
Yeah I could've spent more money on a bigger and better skimmer but it wasn't necessary. There are many ways to spend money in this hobby but not many people who are comfortable enough to speak up and say "Hey, I did it the cheap way and there's nothing wrong with my tank."
The only negative thing I can say about the Seaclone is when I do water changes and add dechlorinators to the tap water the skimmer doesn't produce foam for a day or two. No big deal in my opinion. All I do is close off the air intake for two days, open it back up, and voila back to normal. This may be the case w/ expensive ones too... Not sure. I'm just one of those stubborn people who refuses to invest a lot into technology because I know how reliable it all is...
BTW, I have a sumpless tank w/ a yellow tang, 3 yellowtail damsels, a firefish, a cleaner shrimp, a neon goby, a steintz goby, 4" sand bed and 72 lbs live rock. Water params are the best they can possibly be in an aquarium. Didn't want to say perfect lest we compare our tanks to the ocean... Point is the skimmer keeps up with the load in my tank just fine. My damsels are happy enough to repeatedly spawn and my corals show excellent growth. The fact that I replace trace elements w/ B-Ionic dosing doesn't hurt. No matter what skimmer you use make sure you replace those trace elements. :wink:
My favorite High end skimmer is the PM Bullet line, I am sure the Myreefcreations.com units are just as good.
My favorite middle end HOT skimmer is the Turboflotor Multi T 1000. If I had a 55 gallon tank and wanted a good skimmer for that tank that was a HOT I would go witha turboflotor.
I think the Aqua C skimmers are crap I have had both the Remora Pro and the EV 240 both functioned moderatly for a High end skimmer and had no comparison to a Becket injected skimmer, but of course this is JMO.
My favorite middle end HOT skimmer is the Turboflotor Multi T 1000. If I had a 55 gallon tank and wanted a good skimmer for that tank that was a HOT I would go witha turboflotor.
I think the Aqua C skimmers are crap I have had both the Remora Pro and the EV 240 both functioned moderatly for a High end skimmer and had no comparison to a Becket injected skimmer, but of course this is JMO.
pcragg":wp823k5b said:LFSs sell a lot of seaclones to newbie reefers. And I gaurantee it will be the first thing you throw in the trash after you get a little experience.
I have had one and it was garbage, even after the proper modifications.
no kidding they sell alot of them.
when I worked at one I tried to talk a guy out of buying one for
2 hours, he still bought it.
and I bet he blames me for selling the piece of **** to him
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