Hey guys I've only been into the hobby for year now and I started out with a 75 gallon tank. Well with work and life getting in the way I had to take that tank down. With that being said I bought a Nuvo 20 so again I'm new to the nano part as well lol. My tank has been up and running for 6 months or so and my starting to buy more things for the tank. Right now I'm looking for a good quality protein skimmer that will fit in the back chamber of my Nuvo 20, I bought a Hydor Slim Skim but it does not fit so I'm now back to square one.
Protein skimmer for Nuvo 20
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hawaiian_boi
undercover reefer
With modifications the aqua excel pipeless nano skimmer will fit and its a beast.
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I've read and heard bad to mixed reviews on that skimmer. If I'm going to spend $140 a nano skimmer it better one of the best lol
hawaiian_boi
undercover reefer
I had the original innovative marine nano skimmer and its garbage. I also tried the eshops nano. Its better but not by much. Unless you don't care about a giant skimmer sticking out the top of you tank go with the aquamaxx. But i like the aqua excel
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murphreef
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Go on Marine Depot an watch the comparison video on the new IM skimmer vs the old. I agree the old one way over skimmed and produced too much water in its waste. But the new one has been revamped and seems to work really well.
steventaylor702
New member
I had the innovative Marine ghost skimmer on my nuvo 20 it works great never had an issue with it it takes a couple of weeks for it to stop producing microbubbles in the tank but other than that I started skimming right off the bat I never stopped
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murphreef
Active member
Keep me posted. I have the original IM Ghost Skimmer which isnt all that great.... It skims wayyyyy to wet. I was considering doing with the new Nuvo Skim skimmer after watching the video about it.
Would like to hear what you think. :beer:
reelsilly
New member
No problem. Like I said, my tank will be here Friday so it will be a little bit before it's actually able to be put to the test.
machonachos
New member
Tunze 9001 fits in the middle return chamber, you will need to go with 2 smaller pumps as opposed to one. I personally removed a baffle between the 1st and 2nd chamber and have it sit there.
Icecap K-1 nano will fit in the 2nd chamber without mods
Icecap K-1 nano will fit in the 2nd chamber without mods
danromero87
New member
weekly water change and stocked refugium. my 10 gallon has been doing great (knock on wood) doing this for over a year. I have an ATO so the salinity is fairly constant and I can knock out a water change in less then 10 min.
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