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Originally Posted by saber2th
Hi everyone my first post,
My son and I are going to be setting up a 130 FOWLR tanks (for now) after the holidays. I'm having a sump/refugium made for me (48x18x16). I have had a saltwater tank some years ago, but never had a protein skimmer. What is confusing for me is the "recommend tank size". Most people on these forums say go bigger than the recommend tank size, that the manufacturer over rates them. Then I hear of people having problem dialing in their skimmer and are told that their skimmer may be to big for the tank with their bio load. Can anyone help me with this. I have been looking at several skimmers but unsure of which one to get due to this confusion. Here are a couple.
AquaMaxx ConeS CO-1 rated for tanks 90-175 Ga
AquaMaxx ConeS CO-2 rated for tanks 160-300 Ga
Vertex Omega 130
Vertex Omega 150
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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If only option is from above mentioned skimmers get the Aquamaxx Cone CO-2. Stay away from Vertex they are very expensive and hard to adjust. Other good options are
RLSS R8i $400 (200-300 gal)
Super Reef Octopus 2000 $420 (150-200 gal)
Reef Octopus 200INT $300 (150-250 gal)
I have run many brand name skimmers (red sea, aquamaxx, reef octopus, asm, vertex, rlss) the best I have ran is the RLSS