Skimmer

[William Chiavetta]

I have a 55g and am wondering what skimmer to get. I am looking for under $150 and have lots of dirty/messy fish

 

[cmaxwell39]

A little more info will help people make suggestions.

Do you have a sump or does the skimmer need to be HOB?

If you have a sump, how much room do you have to place a skimmer in it?

What other filtration do you have in place?

 

[Jekyl]

I would recommend any of the reef octo skimmers. Hardest thing will be finding any skimmer for under $150

 

[Serpentman2024]

Definitely need more information. Are you running a sump or will this be HOB or external? My suggestion is to hawk the marketplace and pick up a used one.

 

[William Chiavetta]

A little more info will help people make suggestions.

Do you have a sump or does the skimmer need to be HOB?

If you have a sump, how much room do you have to place a skimmer in it?

What other filtration do you have in place?

I do not have a sump and I would prefer external. I have a Fluval 407 filter. I'm sorry for not giving all the info. Thank you so much for replying

 

[William Chiavetta]

I would recommend any of the reef octo skimmers. Hardest thing will be finding any skimmer for under $150

haha I will def look around at reef octo thank you so much for the suggestion.

 

[William Chiavetta]

Definitely need more information. Are you running a sump or will this be HOB or external? My suggestion is to hawk the marketplace and pick up a used one.

Marketplace is always a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion. I have a fluval 407 and this will have to be external.

 

[PlumbTuckered]

I have a 55g and am wondering what skimmer to get. I am looking for under $150 and have lots of dirty/messy fish

I don't know that a tank can be maintained by a $150.00 skimmer with "dirty/messy" fish.

What kind of fish are we talking about?

 

[cmaxwell39]

The reef octopus HOB is a decent skimmer for that size tank. It won't be in the $150 range new though.

 

[William Chiavetta]

I don't know that a tank can be maintained by a $150.00 skimmer with "dirty/messy" fish.

What kind of fish are we talking about?

Like a dwarf moray eel

 

[Uncle99]

You could consider a Cora-Life 160 HOB skimmer to pull dissolved organics but you’ll need some good mechanical filtration to pull the messy stuff.

I used a simple AquaClear 110 with sponge which I changed out every two days along with the 160 skimmer listed above, on this 64g, it’s quite inexpensive and for me, worked very well.
Aqua clear on the left, Skimmer on the right.
This system 3 years old.

 

[William Chiavetta]

You could consider a Cora-Life 160 HOB skimmer to pull dissolved organics but you’ll need some good mechanical filtration to pull the messy stuff.

I used a simple AquaClear 110 with sponge which I changed out every two days along with the 160 skimmer listed above, on this 64g, it’s quite inexpensive and for me, worked very well.
Aqua clear on the left, Skimmer on the right.
This system 3 years old.

1. That tank looks AWESOME
2. Thank you so much this is VERY helpful

 

[Uncle99]

1. That tank looks AWESOME
2. Thank you so much this is VERY helpful

Thank you
It has no sump!

 

[William Chiavetta]

Thank you
It has no sump!

very impressive!

 

[Uncle99]

very impressive!

Thank you.
That’s nice of you.