is this skimmer any good?
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Seaclone's are notorious for being one of the worst skimmers. It's probably better than nothing, but it will likely give you all kinds of headaches.
For that tank you might consider a Coralife Super Skimmer 65. I've got the 125 and it works great and it's cheaper than most skimmers.
For that tank you might consider a Coralife Super Skimmer 65. I've got the 125 and it works great and it's cheaper than most skimmers.
I've got the jebo version of the seaclone, which is basically the same thing. It has overflowed countless times for no obvious reason. Getting skimmate of any kind is a total crapshoot. I have had it for over a year and still have to make adjustments to it to get it to do anything. It will probably put some microbubbles into the tank. And seaclone's aren't even all that cheap. Dr Foster & Smith has them for $69 and $79. The Coralife super skimmer 65 I mentioned is $75.
The CSS 65 has a better pump, that includes a needle wheel. That creates more and finer bubbles in the water and helps produce better skimmate. The collection cup's riser tube is very smooth acrylic. On my jebo (I assume the cup is the same on the seaclone) it is not as smooth. This causes friction that makes it hard for bubbles to get over the riser tube before popping. The CSS can be in sump or HOB. The seaclone can leak at the o-ring for the cup if you don't get it just right. The CSS has never leaked for me. Plus, the CSS actually works!
There are other good options too, I just have some experience with the CSS and I like it.
The CSS 65 has a better pump, that includes a needle wheel. That creates more and finer bubbles in the water and helps produce better skimmate. The collection cup's riser tube is very smooth acrylic. On my jebo (I assume the cup is the same on the seaclone) it is not as smooth. This causes friction that makes it hard for bubbles to get over the riser tube before popping. The CSS can be in sump or HOB. The seaclone can leak at the o-ring for the cup if you don't get it just right. The CSS has never leaked for me. Plus, the CSS actually works!
There are other good options too, I just have some experience with the CSS and I like it.
chip721
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Re: is this skimmer any good?
IMO no! But I say this based strictly on "my personal past experience." As a newbie, I made the mistake of purchasing a 150. It was inconsistant and took constant tweaking to produce even marginal performance. You can serach for all the available modifications to this thing. But IMO, having to re-engineer something brand new out of the box is an indication it's sub-standard. I kept the Maxi-Jet pump and use it to mix sw. I threw the rest of that thing away ...HARD!
I would have to say that they are definitely not the best skimmer around.......although I had a 150 that was tweaked a little that ACTUALLY produced skimmate!!! However most I see on people's tanks arent doing anything but swirling a little bit of air around with some water! Try something esle, theyre are plenty of MUCH better skimmers out there, even at that price.
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