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Unread 07/24/2013, 10:36 AM   #1
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Good nano skimmer?

Just wandering what's a good nano skimmer that people have used or suggest? It's for a 90 litre /24gallon tank was leaning towards the reef octopus bh50 or ns80, resun sk300 or a lot of people have even said bubble magus is better then reef octopus? Not after a overly expensive skimmer but still skim very well would pay the extra $50 or so for sumthin 5x better tho or double capacity also it needs to be internal not after a hob as apparently they are the worst skimmers available

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Unread 07/24/2013, 11:35 AM   #2
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Hydor slim skimmers are great!


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Unread 07/24/2013, 12:00 PM   #3
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Hydor Koralia Nano-Skim gets really good reviews that would be the one I'm thinking for my next tank


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Unread 07/25/2013, 11:44 PM   #4
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So looked up the hydor slim skim has a lot of great reviews as you stated and very quiet I don't mind buying it only problem is its $250 cheapest I can find in Australia when it's $80 off eBay imported from America but the only problem is the countries different voltages so I guess what I am trying to say is it worth $250 or is there sumthin better at that price available in Australia? Thanks for the replays tho guys


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Unread 07/26/2013, 12:22 AM   #5
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Asm mini g works great.cant go wrong with any reef octo either


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Unread 07/26/2013, 12:40 AM   #6
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Tunze 9004 works GREAT! Have it inside my Nuvo38. I was impatient at first with the micro bubbles but after the 3 weeks, not only is it skimming like crazy its super silent. Can't hear it at all and its inside the back chamber so you never see it.


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Unread 07/26/2013, 01:10 AM   #7
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I run a hydor slim skimmer and I love it.


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Unread 07/26/2013, 05:08 AM   #8
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how much space do you have to work with?


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Unread 07/26/2013, 06:02 PM   #9
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You might want to look into some of the Eshopps skimmers as well.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...shopps+skimmer


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Unread 07/26/2013, 06:56 PM   #10
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Unread 07/27/2013, 08:35 AM   #11
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I had a hydor slim skim in my 29g, i kind of hated it being inside the display, i added a 10g sump to hide it below the cabinet but the water level needed to be damn near the top of the 10g to keep the slim skim efficient. I ended up taking it out and buying an pipeless CAD lights aquarium skimmer. I wish i had saved the 100 bucks on the hydor and went this route the first time. Im sure the hydor is a great skimmer but for my set up it just wasnt ideal. The footprint on the CADlights skimmer is pretty small too if you have a small sump, i would recommend it to anyone.


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Unread 07/28/2013, 08:10 AM   #12
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Thanks for all the help guys appreciate it don't like how there is so many different brands and models as I hate making decisions lol Lfs is really trying to push me to get the resun sk 300 as they have a model for $50 cheaper online I know but what's $20 when you don't have to wait a week or 2 most of the worker from the shop run these skimmers on there nanos one even claims his outdoes the Tunze 9004 and are also very quiet in operation...... I see some vids on YouTube and you can't hear a thing only thing that concerns me in micro bubbles into the tank but should break in


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Unread 07/28/2013, 08:13 AM   #13
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how much space do you have to work with?
Quite a bit of space, 90 litre it's 62xX39x52 curved front the smaller the better obviously but sumthin with a bit more kick that's not a hole lot bigger will be ok


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