Seaclone Skimmer / Metal Halide for my 29 gallon

[just_in_time]

Anyone ever use this type of skimmer or hear of someone using this? Is it a decent skimmer? On a scale of 1-10 how good is it?

Also I have a 130W PC Current light on my 29 gallon. I was thinking of custom building a canopy and using the ballasts and bulbs from this and combining this with a MH. What size halide should I use?

Thanks for everyones input. You guys rock!!

 

[cajunboy]

Please don't even think about the seaclone(seaclown), it is a waste of money. my rate would be 1 just to be nice lol.

 

[brucoh]

Big NO, on the seaclone. It can be made into a decent skimmer with a couple of modifications, but who wants to buy a skimmer only to have to take a dremmel tool to it. I did 5 different mods to mine and it only then performed about as good as my CPR bakpak. A bakpak did alright on my 29gal. and they aren't too much more expensive than a seaclone, but corallife superskimmers are in about that same price range so I'd look into those also. I don't know why the designers of seaclone aren't paying attention to all the modifications people are doing to them and redesign them accordingly. They'd actually put out a fairly decent skimmer. Do they just not care about this reputation they have?

As for the halides, I've got a 14000K 150w on my 29gal. and it looks great. It all depends on what you plan to keep though because I think I'm kinda limited with only 150w.

 

[steveboo]

I have had a seaclone and a Red sea prizm and hated both of them,I now have ASM G2 and couldnt be happier.

 

[stewie24]

Coralife Super Skimmer 125 (it might be way overkill for the 29, but you could always not run it 24/7) needlewheel version.
There's a big thread on it and the general consensus seems to be a good skimmer for the money and people are generally happy with them.
Stewie

 

[Leviathan]

JMO,but...
I dont think a CSS125 is really needed for a 29gallon. Personally I would go with the CoralLife Super Skimmer 65galllon model (also in sump or HOT ) I have one for my 25gallon and it skimms just as well as my ASM G1-X did on my old 90gallon.

 

[just_in_time]

Bump^^^
What about the MH? What size bulb should I use? Remember I will be supplimenting with 130W PC.
Thanks for the info.

 

[Leviathan]

Lighting is really going to be determined by what you intend on keeping.

If its just softies/lps I would go with a 175watt probally 10K, I run a 175watt 10K XM on my 25gallon alone, and plan on having a sps/lps/softie mix.

You could go with a 250watt, but you may run into heat problems without a chiller. So IMHO, I say go with a 175watt ballast & lamp.