:fish1: upgrade skimmer or get a neck cleaner?

Mache62 · 05/18/2017, 01:33 PM

I'm currently running an Octopus 2000int skimmer on my 180g tank. The tank has a moderate bioload....3 tangs, 5 wrasses, 7 anthias, a clown, pygmy angel, 2 dart fish...prolly a couple I'm missing but all small. I feed dry pellets during the day with an auto feeder and then my own frozen mix at night.

My skimmer gets the job done but I'm finding that I have to clean the neck every couple of weeks. As I was looking at larger skimmers I ran across the Octopus neck cleaner....

I was wondering if anyone has tried the neck cleaner route instead of increasing the size of the skimmer?

05/18/2017, 01:33 PM	#1
Mache62 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Philly burbs Posts: 950	:fish1: upgrade skimmer or get a neck cleaner? I'm currently running an Octopus 2000int skimmer on my 180g tank. The tank has a moderate bioload....3 tangs, 5 wrasses, 7 anthias, a clown, pygmy angel, 2 dart fish...prolly a couple I'm missing but all small. I feed dry pellets during the day with an auto feeder and then my own frozen mix at night. My skimmer gets the job done but I'm finding that I have to clean the neck every couple of weeks. As I was looking at larger skimmers I ran across the Octopus neck cleaner.... I was wondering if anyone has tried the neck cleaner route instead of increasing the size of the skimmer?