HOB Skimmer Reviews

[diverrk]

I am considering a HOB skimmer fro my 29g. It was supposed to be a FOWLR, but coudl'nt resist the coral. Anyway opinions needed and do need one or not . If I were to buy one, which of the HOB would you consider worth buying.


Thanks
Rich

 

[NYreefNoob]

remora skimmer, is it a regular 29g ? or like the aquapod ?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I have had the seaclone which is garbage, the Prizm which is also garbage and the remora which was great. I switched to the tunze doc 9002 because I didn't want any HOB items anymore. The Remora is a great skimmer.

 

[P-DUBS]

Octopus HOB skimmers are just as good as their in sump skimmers IMHO

 

[bartur]

deltec mce600

 

[Awibrandy]

My Remora has skimmed a total of 1/4 of an inch in a little over a year.lol It is on a 20g tank mixed reef 1" sand bed, about 20 -30 lbs lr, 10g sump with about 15 lbs lr rubble, nano koralia, mag 5 return going through swid, with 2 ocellaris clowns & 1 pin stripe scarlet wrasse which has had no water changes since 12/10/08. And all corals are thriving except for the Acro(growing pretty good, but not colored up) including frags of corals that have perished in my main tank (155 BF).

Go figuer.

 

[emmanuel]

12-10-08 ??? what kind of flux capacitor did you use to go that far ahead :lol2:

 

[marki24]

Well, a lot of people will say that the prizm sucked but it did a great job for me when i had my 37 gallon which is the same as a 29g but a few inches taller. Now i got the Deltec MCE 300 but its a bit pricy but it does a better job than the prizm. It all depends on how much you want to spend but i wasn't disappointed with the Prizm Skimmer.

 

[marki24]

I wouldn\t go with the MCE 600 it will be too much for that size tank.

 

[diverrk]

Mmm confusing, some others say if I keep up with the water changes I really don't need one. The other thought here might be to add an overflow box to a sump or fuge since this isn't a RR tank. Is this all really necessary though for a small tank.

By the way it's a regular 29g not bio or nano cube.

 

[NYreefNoob]

remora skimmer, best bang for the buck, some people said their's didnt pull, ive had 3 and never had a problem you just have to make sure you occasionally clean the injector

 

[mikey3165]

has anybody said the coralife superskimmer i use the smallest model on my 37 and works great