Stand and skimmer suggestions

[Partsman41953]

Hi all,

I have a 10 gallon and 28 gallon reef aquarium with mushrooms, pulsing Xenia and clown fish but I am in the process of starting a 90 gallon reef aquarium and taking the other 2 down. I purchased the stand and 90 gallon aquarium a while back but did not set it up as I was thinking about moving and did not want to have to set it up and then take it down. Even though I have had the other tanks up and running for a while I still really do not know what I am doing and purchased a 28" tall stand for my 90 gallon tank thinking it would be easier to reach over to clean but did not realize that I would have a difficult time finding a short protein skimmer to fit into the sump and have enough room to take out to clean.

My questions are: should I try to sell the stand I have now or can I just add some more support inside the stand and raise it up to a higher height (that you recommend); next - what skimmer should I go with. I am planning on putting some soft coral and fish. My last question is how would I go about running my hoses to the sump and tank. The tank is predrilled and I have all the attachments that came with the tank.

Thanks for any help you could give me.

 

[scooter31707]

You are going to hear different opinions on your subject. For me I really like Aquamaxx and Simplicity skimmers. I really like the Simplicity as it's easy to adjust and you can put it into feed mode without having to keep unplugging, if you don't have a controller (Apex). It is also very quiet, powerful, and built well. It won't break the bank neither.