Protein skimmer poll. What do you use?

[Stackemdeep]

SWC 230 120g

 

[jdraider75]

Reef Octopus SRO Int5000. About 210 gallons total. Heavy bio load.

 

[DavidinGA]

Reef Octopus SRO Int5000. About 210 gallons total. Heavy bio load.

Could you list your fish to get an idea of what the heavy bioload looks like? Does your skimmer run idle?


I also have a 210gal but I only run a sro3000int and it goes thru periods of being idle it seems. I have about 21 fish total and I would think my bioload is heavy as well. Plus, I only do water changes every few months.

My fish:

Dussumieri 6"
Yellow foxface 6"
Powder blue 5"
Desjardini 5"
Blonde naso 5"
Clown tang 5"
Hippo 4"
Kole 3"
Three yellow tangs 3" each
Red coris wrasse 7"
Melanarus 6"
Flame angel 3"
Two Perculas 2.5" each
Matted filefish 2.5"
Longnosed hawk 3.5"
Watchman goby 3"
Emperor angel 3.5"
Starry blenny 4"

Reef Octopus SRO Int5000. About 210 gallons total. Heavy bio load.

 

[Chris Lakies]

Omega 150 on about 150 gallons total water volume. Medium fish load. Does the job really well.

 

[tomae]

Mini BK 160 - 95 gal tank

 

[mikeatjac]

Life Reef 30", best skimmer I have owned.

 

[gbdrywall]

Deltec ts 1060 on a 120 standard,it'a monster and i love it.

 

[kenpau]

RLSS DB10i (rated at 400 gallon max) on a 150. Massive overkill but am running Zeovit. Awesome skimmer...

 

[b7fig]

Lifereef. Set it and forget about it. Best one I've ever owned.

 

[Tweaked]

105 display, 29 display attached, 55 sump

Reef Octopus Diablo 160 with Automatic neck cleaner

 

[JB NY]

Still running a Beckett skimmer a Barr Aquatic SK4200. Runs off my return so it's not costing me much energy, still skims like a monster though.

I clean the skimmer every two weeks, here is what the collection cup looks like on cleaning day.

 

[meshwheel]

blend some of that up in your smoothie joe. It'll put more hair on your chest!

 

[JB NY]

Yeah, that stuff is nasty, when I dump in down the drain, even though the sump is in the basement the wonderful odor can sometimes make it upstairs much to everyone disgust!

 

[tom obrecht]

ATB 1050 deluxe on my 120 sps display. Best skimmer I have used by far!

 

[tycoakley]

Vertex omega 150

 

[krueger]

Aquamaxx C03

 

[xxxduke62xxx]

Sro 3000 SSS int on a 180 with a 110 sump. I have about 200 gallons of total water volume

 

[Ostentum]

Reeflo Orca 250 rated upgraded to be rated for 1300g for my 260g display and additional 120g of system volume. I know a little overkill, but figured when I get the 500g+ that I wont need to upgrade skimmers.

 

[knukles55]

Etss600 on my 30 rimless

 

[overexposed]

SWC 250 on about 235 gallons of water