Seaclone 100/150 help!

[xxkenny90xx]

Anybody using these hob skimmers? I hear they are junk but I got a free one and threw it on a tank that didn't have a skimmer.
What do you all think of these? Any mods I should do?
I've never used a hob skimmer before but my in sump skimmer on my other tank overflows on occasion, will this one overflow and flood my house???

 

[jda]

They are junk. Some HOB skimmers are OK, but these do not work hardly at all. I would save the pump and plumbing in case you need a fix or retro on some other equipment somewhere down the road.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Flooding is my main concern, but you think it's a waste to use it at all? I'm not looking to replace it with a better one but if it's useless then I'll just go back to being skimmerless.

 

[jda]

Flooding is always a risk with any skimmer, but I have no experience with this one specifically... sorry. Even if it will not skim much, it can still do gas exchange and drive off co2 - this is still a benefit.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

There must be some kind of fail safe on hob skimmers to prevent flooding right? But I'm thinking it's too much of a risk to me. Thanks for the input!