For the corals suggested, those lights are fine. I wouldn't try any high-light corals (SPS corals for example) with those lights though. Also, I wouldn't add any of those corals for at least 3 months from the time you get it up and running. Get the tank cycled and stable first, then try some of those easier corals (I'd recommend polyps or mushrooms).
As for the Skilter, I have one. It works well if you can stand the noise. I couldn't as it's in the bedroom tank. I removed the skimmer part of the filter and now use a separate skimmer. It is a needle-wheel skimmer, so it is a good design, it's just louder than any other I've ever used. If you can stand the noise, use it, as it did pull out a decent amount of skimmate from my water. I wouldn't use it on a tank larger than 20 gallons though.
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38 Gallon (restarted 6-14-08 ). 30lbs LR, 40lbs LS, 10g sump/fuge with Caulerpa and Mangroves, Current 4x39w T5HO lighting, 2 Koralia #1, AquaC Remora. 2 small colonies of polyps, Cleanup crew (50 Dwarf Ceriths, 16 Florida Ceriths, 10 Nassarius Vibex, 14 Blue-leg Hermits, 1 Limpet).
20 Gallon. 15lbs LR, 20lbs Crushed Coral (replacing with LS), 65w Current PC lighting, SeaClone 100 (replacing with a Remora), Skilter 250, 2 Powersweep 212's.
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