skimmer

[husslr187]

plan is an 210 w/ 125 gallon sump/fuge fowlr at first until i get the chemistry down then sps dominant with some lps and softies. been looking at a deltec ext. skimmer TC2060. just want to know if its up to the task or if its too small. maybe get a second one once the reef starts to fill in. keep in mind that this is a few months away from starting up

i would post a link but im not sure if that violates TOS since it leads to a vendor. its a vendor on this forum if that means anything

[jformani]

Thats a nice size tank with sump, great water volume. I think that skimmer is fine you may also want to look into the Super Reef Octopus skimmers. I really dont think you can go wrong with these skimmers.

[Reefmedic79]

That skimmer is rated for 375g so you should be good, is there a particular reason you going with an external skimmer?

[andrewey]

Skimmer will be powerful enough even in a moderately fed tank to boost your sps growth!

[husslr187]

great but also bad. it was marked down to $899 last night. tonight its back up to $1399. for that price i might as well go with a bubble king guess ill just keep looking. was eyeing some reef octopus skimmers earlier

Reefmedic79 is there a particular reason you going with an external skimmer?

just ease of maintenance if its sitting behind the door to my stand. more likely to clean it if its sitting in my face as soon as i open the door. also my plan slightly changes with my sump and i decided to make the sump more fuge than sump. instead of skimmer/drains on the right, fuge on the left and return in the middle i decided to go. low flow fuge on left for marine plants, return in the middle, and high flow fuge on the right with a ton of cheato. skimmer would dump here as well as the drains.

any thoughts/suggestions about this?

[James77]

Originally Posted by husslr187

great but also bad. it was marked down to $899 last night. tonight its back up to $1399. for that price i might as well go with a bubble king guess ill just keep looking. was eyeing some reef octopus skimmers earlier?

IMO I would not even bother with either Bubble King or Deltec, both over priced. SRO are great, and I would take on in a second over wither the above. ATB is another great company with service to back it up, I just switched to one from a SRO since I am again trying to reduce noise. SRO are not loud at all, very quiet....but ATBs are quieter still.

[husslr187]

Originally Posted by James77

IMO I would not even bother with either Bubble King or Deltec, both over priced. SRO are great, and I would take on in a second over wither the above. ATB is another great company with service to back it up, I just switched to one from a SRO since I am again trying to reduce noise. SRO are not loud at all, very quiet....but ATBs are quieter still.

now that you got me looking at something specific im now looking at super reef octopus xp3000 external. rated for 400gal should do the trick although now im going to need to build a cabinet for this which is no big deal.(built the stand and canopy) maybe make it large enough for other equipment as well so i won't have so much clutter around the sump.

[Reefmedic79]

Originally Posted by husslr187

just ease of maintenance if its sitting behind the door to my stand. more likely to clean it if its sitting in my face as soon as i open the door. also my plan slightly changes with my sump and i decided to make the sump more fuge than sump. instead of skimmer/drains on the right, fuge on the left and return in the middle i decided to go. low flow fuge on left for marine plants, return in the middle, and high flow fuge on the right with a ton of cheato. skimmer would dump here as well as the drains.

any thoughts/suggestions about this?

Sounds awesome, I'm a firm believer in bigger is better when it comes to water volume.