29 gal mixed reef..recomm. HOB skimmer and Refugium
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JohnMzreef
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Don't get either. Just WC.
SudzFD
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I have used the Aquamaxx on my last 40gallon and 60 gallon tanks. It worked really really well. Takes a lot of junk out of the water. Drawbacks, I added an open T so the return line could vent. (Return went out to a T with top open to air and bottom going down into the tank with a 90 on the end. It seemed to help with bubbles. It was a bit noisy. I can handle the “water bubbling sounds” but it often had more of a mechanical sound. The air line port on the pump also clogged with salt from time to time and I had to put some effort disassembling and cleaning it. (Like 3 times a year probably). overall I was quite happy with it.
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I just returned to the hobby and bought a 36g off a guy. It came with this m50 HOB skimmer. It took me a couple weeks to dial it in as it was heavily over skimming (there’s an air adjustment and a flow adjustment) But once I got it dialed in and turned the flow down a bit (and let my tank establish a bit) it is working well now. It pulls out the nasty brown sludge like the Aquamaxx did.
pros. It’s VERY quiet for a skimmer. My Penguin 350 HOB filter is louder than the skimmer. It’s small and easy to set up. Plug in play.
cons: no good directions (some YouTube videos). I don’t like how the cup fits on. It sort of snaps over an O ring. Makes me a bit nervous of a failure. You have to unplug the skimmer to dump the cup or you have a mess.
HOB-1.5 Hang-On-Back Protein Skimmer
The AquaMaxx HOB-1.5 is an upgraded and more-powerful version of AquaMaxx`s best-selling HOB-1. With an enlarged bubble diffusor and reaction chamber, the new HOB-1.5 is able to fully harness the power of the Shark 1.0 pump to maximize foam production and protein extraction. The custom conical...
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I just returned to the hobby and bought a 36g off a guy. It came with this m50 HOB skimmer. It took me a couple weeks to dial it in as it was heavily over skimming (there’s an air adjustment and a flow adjustment) But once I got it dialed in and turned the flow down a bit (and let my tank establish a bit) it is working well now. It pulls out the nasty brown sludge like the Aquamaxx did.
pros. It’s VERY quiet for a skimmer. My Penguin 350 HOB filter is louder than the skimmer. It’s small and easy to set up. Plug in play.
cons: no good directions (some YouTube videos). I don’t like how the cup fits on. It sort of snaps over an O ring. Makes me a bit nervous of a failure. You have to unplug the skimmer to dump the cup or you have a mess.
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