External skimmers

[hdelectraglide]

whats the best with out selling my other leg. any and all comments welcome:
thanks, jack

[marinelife]

What size tank would this be for?

[hdelectraglide]

oh my bad duh , 90 gal 15 gal sump with sps, lps, mid to high bio load

[jeremyreef]

i like reef octopus skimmers, tech has one and it seems to work great. i have a asm but i have read about leaking problems when ran externally

[Aquatic Specialists]

Jack I would also recommend the Reef Octopus, affordable and easy to work with.

[hdelectraglide]

would you know the size of that octo skI'mmer? im looking at the xp2000e but very costly

[hdelectraglide]

justin how much????? xp2000e

[Aquatic Specialists]

What kind of room do you to work with?

[TechGuy40]

i like reef octopus skimmers, tech has one and it seems to work great. i have a asm but i have read about leaking problems when ran externally

Yep! I love it. I have the DNWB-200. Internal/External recirculating skimmer. Cheaper than anything else in this size, and works VERY well. Almost a perfect clone of some of the smaller and newer Euroreefs.

[chromiumlux]

How are you feedin that skimmer Tech? Are you plumbed off the overflow or from a pump? I've been lookin at the octo recirc also for my 40g build. I haven't decided yet. Had my eye on the Octo extreme 160.

[TechGuy40]

How are you feedin that skimmer Tech? Are you plumbed off the overflow or from a pump? I've been lookin at the octo recirc also for my 40g build. I haven't decided yet. Had my eye on the Octo extreme 160.

From a pump. I had it plumbed from the overflow for sometime upstairs but it didn't work as well. It didn't make as much skimmate, and when a snail would get into the impeller of the recirc pump, it would very slowly overflow. Not only that, but keeping the level set right in the skimmer without restricting the overflow was a problem.

Now if you run it in sump, have easy access to it, and have more than one overflow it could work well. I assume it didn't skim aswell because I had to keep the water level low to keep the the tank from overflowing.

Right now it is in my sump, pump fed, and skimming a full cup of dry skimmate every other day or so.

If you are looking for external, Reef Octo's are the best bang for your buck period. Very nice skimmers. If external is an option for you, then recirculating is the only way to go!

[hdelectraglide]

yea all the research i did octo is the best for the buck if i had the extra 560.00 laying around it would be spent on the xp2000e great skimmer

[TechGuy40]

yea all the research i did octo is the best for the buck if i had the extra 560.00 laying around it would be spent on the xp2000e great skimmer

Have you read any reviews? I don't know about the cone thing. Seems like it would take away from contact time in the chamber, and lower the volume of the reaction chamber. My skimmer is 9" top to bottom.

[hdelectraglide]

i really have not seen any bad reviews on any of their skimmers. but I'm going to buy the 180 because of space issues and cost