I currently have the original SWC Xtreme 160 skimmer (not the cone) type. I run my skimmer pretty dry to build up the entire neck with gunk but I don't get too much skimmate (liquid). I run it on a 40G breeder right now temporarily (heavily stocked) until i set up my 135G cube.
Do you think this old time skimmer is powerful enough for the 135 cube? I plan on keeping at least 2 tangs (hippo & yellow) and a bunch of (~5-8) small fish (clownfish, gobies, a few wrasse). As for corals, I am mostly a zoa and LPS collector.
I was thinking about the new SWC 160 [Up to 650lph/23scfh of air pull using custom impeller]
or 180 Cones but noticed the specs seems below this original 160 xtreme [up to 32scfh to 37scfh of air pull using custom pin wheel impeller and up to 50scfh using mesh wheel impellers], any suggestion?
The one thing I don't like about the xtreme 160 is the pump (Sicce PSK-2500 pump) - its very hard to take off and dismantle to clean, and runs super hot which isn't necessarily a bad thing b/c I barely use my heater.
Do you think this old time skimmer is powerful enough for the 135 cube? I plan on keeping at least 2 tangs (hippo & yellow) and a bunch of (~5-8) small fish (clownfish, gobies, a few wrasse). As for corals, I am mostly a zoa and LPS collector.
I was thinking about the new SWC 160 [Up to 650lph/23scfh of air pull using custom impeller]
or 180 Cones but noticed the specs seems below this original 160 xtreme [up to 32scfh to 37scfh of air pull using custom pin wheel impeller and up to 50scfh using mesh wheel impellers], any suggestion?
The one thing I don't like about the xtreme 160 is the pump (Sicce PSK-2500 pump) - its very hard to take off and dismantle to clean, and runs super hot which isn't necessarily a bad thing b/c I barely use my heater.
