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Old 05-07-2008, 06:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a 29 gallon tank that i bought from petco. Bad choice, it is a marineland salt starter tank kit. It had pretty much everything that I needed to start. The only thing is it has a full hood and the only protien skimmer I can fit in the tank because of the hood is the fisson nano skimmer and it sucks. I need some help on getting a bigger better skimmer to fit under this hood. Please HELP
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Is it an eclipse system?
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i bought a 55 gallon tank from petco, my came with a full hood too, which im not using because the lighting isn't near adequate, but it had pre-formed panels on the back you could cut out to fit external filters, hob skimmers, etc. Does yours have theses cut outs?


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It is an eclipse system and yes it does have the preformed cut out holes but I have a retrofit light kit that i added and that is why I dont want to get rid of the hood.
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maybe a mini sump? like a 5 gallon just to put the skimmer in, or just like 3 or 4 gallon water changes once a week.
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Will the water change help that much, any other ideas
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