Coralife Super Skimmer

[jesterns2]

I am new to marine fishkeeping and am thinking of pruchasing a coralife Super Skimmer does anyone have any experience with one of these and can tell me if they are good or not. It`s the one rated for a 125gallon in which I have a 75gallon tank.

Thanks in advance

 

[Slayer311]

I would not waste my money on a coralife super skimmer if I were you. A few questions should be answered first before we can help you with skimmer selection.

A) What is your budget
B) Do you have a sump or are you looking for a hang on the back model?
C) What is your bioload? Corals, ammount of fish etc..

The coralife is an old skimmer with a pretty cheap pump. It will skim descent but for the same money you can buy a skimmer that will outperform the CSS 10fold.

If you have a sump, then I would consider many of the octopus skimmers, such as the NW150 for a medium bioload tank, cheap and skims great. Or a euroreef rs80, or asm g1x or bigger, or a vertech in100. All of these skimmers will outperform the CSS.

For HangOntheBack (HOB) models, euroreef has rescently come out with a nano skimmer with good reviews, or the octopus 800, or Eschops has come out with one too.

 

[jesterns2]

1) The budget isnt great
2) I am going to costruct a sump so I suppose it does`nt matter
3) 0 fish 0 corals. New tank with 70lb of LR from when I bought the tank ffrom the person who owned it

 

[Slayer311]

A good skimmer will help reduce the ammount of potential algae blooms invlolved with the cycling of your tank and the live rock. I found my old octopus NW150 for $75 and it outperformed my original CSS by at least 10fold, it was amazing how much better it was. I have seen numerous posts for similar skimmers for $125 or less, I would think that would be on the low end for budgets.

 

[Gotsoup]

I have a Coralife 220, It has worked ok, but I hate the look of a HOB and plan to upgrade soon. I would personally spend my money on something else, the skimmer is not the piece of equipment you want to skimp out on.

 

[jesterns2]

Id love to know where you found it for $75, was it new at that price?

 

[Slayer311]

no used, but in new condition, just be patient and you can find deals on reef central here or you local reefing forums.

 

[jesterns2]

cool, hey thanks for you r time I appriciate it. I will keep my eye out on here for a bit. I did find it for $178 so thats not too bad