TOP 10 Skimmers for Saltwater Reef Aquariums on the Market

**revhtree** · 06-01-2012, 03:41 PM

Ok we'll let the R2R world decide who's got the best!

Let's start off by making a list of the skimmers that you think are the best on the market whether it be for a large tank or nano tank. They just have to be GREAT!

After we compile a list we'll have a poll.

Thanks.

**revhtree** · 06-01-2012, 03:42 PM

Post a pic of the great skimmer if you have one.

**btkrausen** · 06-01-2012, 03:47 PM

Reef Octopus SRO-SSS3000-INT. LOVE IT!!!!! Below shows it with the Reef Octopus auto head cleaner

**wysiwyg** · 06-01-2012, 04:02 PM

aquac ev240

**revhtree** · 06-03-2012, 02:47 PM

Bump for great skimmer ideas!

**CoralClark** · 06-03-2012, 02:58 PM

Bubble king skimmers!!! Here's a pic of my mini 180, I now have a deluxe 250!

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**Reef Breeders** · 06-03-2012, 03:06 PM

Bubble magus, like a reef octo, but quieter!

**revhtree** · 06-06-2012, 10:44 AM

Nobody else believes in their skimmer?

**Scoly** · 06-06-2012, 10:51 AM

Warner marine MFK 251! I recieved this from Jon Warner a couple weeks ago! This thing is a skimming machine!! And really quite! Love it!!

**cdness** · 06-06-2012, 10:54 AM

I love my MSX cylinder skimmers, even in today's cone market... I have owned the MSX 160 and MSX 200 running both mesh and needle wheel pumps. There probably is better out there, but if it isn't broken...

**VaporCountry** · 06-06-2012, 11:16 AM

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Mame skimmer on my nano. Defiantly one of the best nano skimmers.

**Ace25** · 06-06-2012, 11:24 AM

I was just going to post the MAME skimmer but VaporCountry beat me to it. Seriously though.. 1 gallon or 100 gallon, MAME skimmer will work just as good as any other skimmer on the market. I made one out of an 20oz soda bottle with a wooden airstone (under $10 total) and it worked just as well as my $300 bubble magus NAC7 skimmer. I don't use skimmers myself anymore though but that is another topic in itself. Skimmers are not complicated or require some special secret design to work, it is just a container with lots of bubbles in it that stuff sticks to in order to get removed. There is only so much stuff that can stick to a bubble and it has been proven over and over that all (working) skimmers do the same job, whether it cost $10 or $1000. I say "working" because there is crap out there like the Sea Clone and Red Sea Prism that are just horrible and you spend more time adjusting it to get it to work properly than you do emptying the cup.

**k2parkstar** · 06-06-2012, 11:27 AM

SWC xtreme cone series. I've got a 160 on my cube. I love it

**Thatgrimguy** · 06-06-2012, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Scoly

Warner marine MFK 251! I recieved this from Jon Warner a couple weeks ago! This thing is a skimming machine!! And really quite! Love it!!

I have the same skimmer. I'd put it up against anything on the market. It's awesome.

**Briguy350** · 06-06-2012, 12:45 PM

Second for SWC 160. Very quite.

**Giancarlo** · 06-06-2012, 12:52 PM

bubble king, but thats been said

**VaporCountry** · 06-06-2012, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ace25

I was just going to post the MAME skimmer but VaporCountry beat me to it. Seriously though.. 1 gallon or 100 gallon, MAME skimmer will work just as good as any other skimmer on the market. I made one out of an 20oz soda bottle with a wooden airstone (under $10 total) and it worked just as well as my $300 bubble magus NAC7 skimmer. I don't use skimmers myself anymore though but that is another topic in itself. Skimmers are not complicated or require some special secret design to work, it is just a container with lots of bubbles in it that stuff sticks to in order to get removed. There is only so much stuff that can stick to a bubble and it has been proven over and over that all (working) skimmers do the same job, whether it cost $10 or $1000. I say "working" because there is crap out there like the Sea Clone and Red Sea Prism that are just horrible and you spend more time adjusting it to get it to work properly than you do emptying the cup.

Yea I really like the fact that there is nothing to break or go bad on the glass wood air stone skimmers. You do have to clean them often and replace the wood stones about every 4-6 weeks though.

Gnome Glass makes some larger ones, I think I am going to give one a try on my next build. The Mame ones are nice but very hard to get in the states and I believe they only make the one size.

**herozero** · 06-06-2012, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by k2parkstar

SWC xtreme cone series. I've got a 160 on my cube. I love it

i've had a SWC HOB and the 160 cone. love it. i haven't had a big enough tank to justify a larger model, but i'm a fan of the line, especially considering they don't use a sicce 2500!

**STL** · 06-06-2012, 01:31 PM

Hurricone Cat 2:

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Powerful, easy to clean, and very quiet

**SeahorseKeeper** · 06-06-2012, 01:52 PM

I love my deltec MCE 600 for my 55 reef. It is a skimming beast. The skimmate smells nasty and my nitrates have never been lower before adding this beast.