once again i am here.

looking for a skimmer for my bedroom frag tank.

total water volume should be about 25 gallons(with sump).

was planning on using a tunze 9010 (overkill?) i was considering using my current tunze nano skimmer for this tank and getting a sapphire skimmer for my AP24.

key attribute is its ability to be silent or close to silent as possible. looking to spend as little as possible (ie i will spend what i need to although i don't want to over spend).

sump as of right now is a 10g. My only concern is that the 9010 requires at least 9-10 inches of water. I was planning on having my baffles much lower than that.

tunze nano would be better. the water level requirement might be an issue too.

you will get used to the sound of it, its called conditioning

no i will not. i had a asm mini g and thought that was rather obtrusive at night.

there is a difference between white noise and being loud and obtrusive. i can deal with certain tones and noises, but vibrating skimmers and rattling pumps i cannot.


i was told tunze is the way to go for silent skimmers. my tunze nano is great. was looking for something more sump oriented.