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Skimmer question

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cruelle
, 07-25-2010 at 03:37 PM (1004 Views)
Hello every one new to the site but have been in the hobby for a couple of years.

Just moved my 55 tanks into a new 75 gallon and looking for some advice on a new skimmer. Right now I have seaclone skimmer which I got for free from a friend who was getting out of the hobby. I have never been able to get it to work the the way a skimmer should. I have included a picture of my sump area and tank. The tank sits in the living room with the sump in the basement right under it. I don't have a lot of room to work within the sump but I do have shelf space to the right of the sump.

Thanks for the help chris

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  1. cruzer's Avatar
    If it were me I would go with the Octo. xp2000 and never look back. I'm running one on my 140 with a 75 sump and it kicks butt. Might be a bit much for your 75 but if you intend to ever upgrade to a larger tank that will be one pc. of equipment you won't have to worry about buying.
    That's my .02
  2. Midnight's Avatar
    looks like from the picture that your skimmer is in a sump section that does not have a constant water level. If this is true than this is going to sorely effect the way the skimmer can work. Yes, I agree the octo is a good skimmer for your setup, but you will still need to have it in a set amount of water height. which I believe for most octos is around 8 or 9 inches.
  3. cruzer's Avatar
    Agreed, it is important that you skimmer section have a constant water level for it to work good. It will need to have some kind of baffle system to keep it at a certain level. For the xp2000 the water level is 5 1/2-6 1/2". Mine sits in 6". Thing make some dark naaasty stinky nog.
  4. cruelle's Avatar
    Thanks for the info. In the picture I don't have my top off system back up and running yet after switching over from my 55 gallon tank so the water level shifts a bit right now. will be putting my top off system back together some time tonight. After looking into skimmers on line I do like the octo and think that's the way I am going to go just need to save up a little $ as I spent most of my dough on the new tank.