Nyos 220 on a 120g?

[Guygettnby]

Got a 120g with 50ish gallon sump. After rock and substrate displacement, I expect to have roughly 120-130 gallons of water in my system.

Tank came with reef octopus super XP-3000int. Which is just too large, takes up way too much space and not very energy friendly. I had a nyos 220 offered to me for $100. Seems like a decent price, but while doing my research it seems like they have alot of issues. I'm also thinking it might also be over kill for my build?

Last tank was a 90g and it had a bubble magus curve 7 elite. That thing was great, so I considered using the curve 9 elite on the 120g or maybe even just sticking to the curve 7 again.

Any thoughts here or recommendations on a budget friendly skimmer? The key here is budget friendly and can't have a huge footprint. So no external pumps.

 

[griss]

I've been using an OLD eShoppes S-120 for years now on tanks ranging is size from 40 gallons to 92 gallons and have no complaints.

 

[Guygettnby]

Found an eshopps axium X-160 for $100 and a eshopps S-200 for $200 used locally. Need to dig deeper for more info on them. I plan to have a pretty heavily stocked tank and full of mixed corals, but heavier on the SPS side.

 

[Guygettnby]

Eshopps skimmers got sold, been on the hunt for others now. Everything I find is either rated for 100g or 150g heavy bio load. So which would be considered my best option here... tank will have a nice sized refugium eventually, heavily dominated sps and a decent amount of fish. Have a few im currently looking at now.

Bubble magus curve 9 elite 150g heavy bio load.

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Aquaready ConeS q2 130g heavy bio load.

ConeS Q-2 In-Sump Protein Skimmer

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Maxspect jump sk400 100g heavy bio load.

Jump SK400 Protein Skimmer

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[Guygettnby]

The nyos 220 might still be on the table, but it's used and not been running for awhile. Not 100% sure of the condition, but I can grab it from the guy for $100. Might be worth it, but it's a hell of a drive going to get it and still not sure about this skimmer.

 

[Reefing102]

The nyos 220 might still be on the table, but it's used and not been running for awhile. Not 100% sure of the condition, but I can grab it from the guy for $100. Might be worth it, but it's a hell of a drive going to get it and still not sure about this skimmer.

I think the biggest thing is checking the pump impeller and making sure the skimmmer body has no cracks or dried out o-rings or similar.

 

[Guygettnby]

I think the biggest thing is checking the pump impeller and making sure the skimmmer body has no cracks or dried out o-rings or similar.

Have asked him before for more pictures and a couple questions, but had no response. Have s feeling it's gone now.

So now I need to figure out another skimmer option. I like the bubble magus skimmers, but keep thinking that the curve 9 elite will be too big.

The aquaready I hear has some issues with over skimming. Possibly the pump being too much for that skimmer. Can't find too many honest reviews on it.

 

[Reefing102]

The only skimmer I’ve ever used (on my own reef) was a Reef Octopus 150 INT. I had it on my 65 and I feel it overskimmed so I took it off. At the LFS I worked at in the past used Deltec on their displays and had a seaclone 150 and coralife 65 operating for demonstration purposes.

Looking at the Curve 9 it shows for up to 400 gallons. I might consider the Curve 7. It’s for up to 240 gallons.

That said I’ve never heard of Aquaready and can’t say I’ve seen much on the Jumps either.

 

[Guygettnby]

The only skimmer I’ve ever used (on my own reef) was a Reef Octopus 150 INT. I had it on my 65 and I feel it overskimmed so I took it off. At the LFS I worked at in the past used Deltec on their displays and had a seaclone 150 and coralife 65 operating for demonstration purposes.

Looking at the Curve 9 it shows for up to 400 gallons. I might consider the Curve 7. It’s for up to 240 gallons.

That said I’ve never heard of Aquaready and can’t say I’ve seen much on the Jumps either.

The curve 9 elite is rated 150g for heavy bio load and the curve 7 elite is 100g heavy bio load.

I had the curve 7 elite on my last 90g tank and it worked great. That tank had about a 30g sump with refugium.

This new tank is 120g, about 50g sump and refugium.

So I only need slightly larger and don't want to get a skimmer that is truly undersized after my tank is fully stocked. From the curve 7 to curve 9 is a rather big jump though.

Aquaready is rebranded aquamax.