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How's it doing and how stocked is your tank?180 tank here, with a Reef octopus Diablo 250 external skimmer and upgrade Varios 6 pump
Rated 250 heavy
550 light
It depends on fish/feeding amounts also. I'm upgrading my sump and I won't be able to fit a skimmer in there after I put this one in. I also know I plan to put a lot of fish and feed a ton in my tank. Which is why I know I'll need a huge skimmer.My personnel experience, i bought the worst version of a Euro Reef 180 skimmer, I had it on a 120 gallon tank, it would not put skimmate in the cup, it would put a lace of skimmate around the cup. So the waste would have to build up enough to get to the point that the skimmer could remove it.
So I put my Euro Reef RS 80 in the same tank, it would fill the cup every 8 hours, so I would have to dump it 3 times a day, and this was thick chocolate syrup.
When you oversize a skimmer, people keep turning it up so it will skim, so they put it on a knifes edge, then it would start to over flow at random times.
I believe that there are some very good skimmers out there that are a perfect match for a certain size tank. For example a Bubble King 160 for a 90 gallon tank, ATB 840 for a 120 tank.
One skimmer for a 180 gallon tank is a Vertex Omega 180 skimmer, that one is the best Omega skimmer in my opinion.
I'd consider that light, lol. I'll have 2 schools of anthias, and chromis. Plus at least 4 tangs, 4 clowns. Maybe a few others and oh yeah my 2 sharks. So I need that power.It does a great job
Tank stock heavy in my opinion
Hippo tank , sail fin tang ,timmin tang , fox face, blue throat trigger , 2 clowns , dwarf angel , m wrasse then couple more smaller fish
I have the 9, good skimmer no doubt. I just know I'll need more.I think what you have is good to go. I ran the same with a heavy stocked 180 and it did a great job. Right now I have a seaside cs9 which is a curve 9 with a psk1200 pump which was filtering a heavy stocked 210 when I bought it. Id try the 9 before upgrading.
If I had to buy a skimmer right now I'd probably give eshopps a try
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You really can't go to big. If you have the room and budget, i say go for itSo the 11 is rated for 450 gallons on a heavily stocked tank. I'm even thinking about going for the 12, which is 1050 on a lightly stocked. Presumably 700-800 heavily stocked. I kinda also think that it's unnecessarily big. Thoughts?
Most (if not all) Skimmer manufacturers list their ratings on a "lightly stocked" scenario. Most reefers exceed lightly stocked in a very short period of time.
You really can't go to big. If you have the room and budget, i say go for it
The 12 is $50 more than the 11. So I figure if I'm willing to get the 11, might as well get the 12.You really can't go to big. If you have the room and budget, i say go for it
MarineDepot claims that at 40 fish being fed 3 times a day, the Curve 12 is good for 300 gallons.Keep everybody posted on how it works out for you, I am upgrading from a 120 to a 275 gallon tank, so I definitely want to learn from your experience. Mine will be a fish only with heavy feeding.