Which Skimmer?

[pili]

Going to be setting up a custom 26g BB, SPS only tank in a few months. Total system volume will probebly be in the 50g range.

I need a little help with choosing an appropriate skimmer though. Probebly willing to spend up to about $400 and i have a few models that i've been looking at so far. Honostly though, i have no experience what so ever with BB tanks and skimmers in this catagory so i dont know what would be overdoing it or what would be too little.

Skimmers i'm considering:

-H and S 110-F2000 in sump --> Needle wheel

-Barr Aquatics SK1020 --> Becket Style, I already have a Panworld 50PX to run it.

-MRC MR1 --> Becket Style, Panworld 50PX

-ASM G-2 --> Needle Wheel

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[sm fragman]

no such thing as over doing it ,,look arround..lol,,maybe this will help you ,,becket skimmers tinker toys and high watt pumps ,,needle wheel skimmers set it and forget it ,,any more ? ,,i geuss it is all personal experiance though becketts really blast the crap out of the water ,,,i have just seen the jeffs 6-1 pro skimmer looks nice and at a good price ,,take a look at them ,,several models
exoticfish.com

 

[pili]

yeah, that what i was thinking also although i've read that if the beckets are setup correctly, than they are fairly tinker free.

Correction though, the pump i already have is a Panworld 100PX, not 50PX.

 

[sm fragman]

use the pump for a return pump or a closed loop somthinglike that

 

[aurorafish]

Get the H&S, no brainer.

 

[chadfarmer]

H and S 110-F2000 in sump --> Needle wheel

 

[HippieSmell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6494806#post6494806 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sm fragman
use the pump for a return pump or a closed loop somthinglike that

Why? Those are pressure rated pumps, it would be a waste. Those pumps would be perfect for a beckett.

 

[pili]

I already have a closed loop pump it would be too strong for as my return pump.

So you guys think that the h and s will be able to skim as well as the beckets?

 

[hahnmeister]

better, and for less wattage. H&S all the way.

 

[pili]

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