mchammer Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Hi, Currently I don't use a skimmer for my 20g. The water is very cloudy and there are contaminants on the water surface. I want to get a small, quiet, and efficient skimmer for this tank. Any suggestion? Link to comment
Withers Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I liked my CPR Bak Pak 2R. It wasn't really "quiet" but I learned to live with it, even with the tank being in my bedroom. Link to comment
skipm Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I had a BakPak 2R and currently have an AquaC Remora, the Remora is alot quieter and I think it skims better too. About the cloudy water, have you tried running carbon at all? How often do you do water changes and what is in the tank? Link to comment
mchammer Posted March 14, 2005 Author Share Posted March 14, 2005 skipm, I change 15% water each week. I have a frog, hammer, maroon clown, cleaner shrimp, 9 astrea snails, 4 hermits, feather duster, orange sea star, and emeral crab. The cloudiness also comes from my clown disturbing the sand bed. Can you describe how carbon is run through the system? Does this have any negative affect on corals? Cloudy water is one of my many problems. The clown takes small bites at both my frog and hammer. Originally, I thought the problem with my corals not openning fully is due to lighting, flow, and acclimation. After spending a week changing all sorts of parameters with no success, I discovered today that my clown was the cause. If you got any advice for crazy coral eating fish, let me know. Any maroon clown compatible soft corals? Link to comment
Withers Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 What size sand do you have? I've heard a lot of stories saying that their clowns mess with the sandbed, but never any that actually make the tank cloud up. If it were my tank, I would try to remove the sand bed and find a larger grain size of sand, and I would make sure to wash that stuff for about an hour. Any soft coral is compatible with maroon clowns, but the clown may try to host in it (also known as beating it to a bloody pulp). Link to comment
Cesar Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 If you plan on keeping this 20 runing for a while I would suggest the Aqua C Remora. Link to comment
Steve973 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 You may benefit from a skimmer. It depends upon bioload. How much food do you add to the tank in a week's time, or between water changes? If you feed a lot, and the fish are producing a lot of waste, it would probably benefit you. Be aware that most "decent" skimmers (hang on back) aren't tiny, so keep that in mind when shopping. I don't know a lot about skimmers, but some people had differing opinions here: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=53160 Try picking up some reef carbon. If you have a hang-on-back filter with the media removed, you can put the carbon in a bag and put it in there. Carbon is pretty good for quickly removing stuff from your water, but I woldn't leave it in there for more than, let's say, three days. By the way, clowns don't host. They find hosts. Link to comment
Ghotit Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 i use the ramora w/ the MJ1200 with the surface skimmer and i love it. well worth the 200 bucks Link to comment
cadesun Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 i vote for remora as well. before i upgraded i had mine on my 20H and loved it. Link to comment
mchammer Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 I just installed a Seaclone skimmer on my tank. I is working great. None of the issues described in this forum. The tank is doing much better with the skimmer. I highly recommend using a skimmer when ever possible. Link to comment
Steve973 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I just bought a remora with a maxijet 1200 from some guy at reefcentral, and he's shipping it today. I'm looking forward to running with a real skimmer. Previously I had been running a coralife superskimmer, and although it pulled out some stuff, I wasn't convinced it was doing a whole lot of good. Link to comment
20reefer Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I am using in my 20g a skilter and is working very well I have it for almost two years and only cost me $35 but is a little noisy, but the skimmers that all of this people talk about are much better but cost a lot more. Link to comment
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