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04-23-2005, 03:28 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 29
Posts: 43
Karma: 14
 |  anyone heard of a skilter?
Hi,
i have a 29 gallon reef tank in my bedroom, and the Prizm that i have on it keeps us up at night. i'm getting a good deal on a Skilter 400...but i don't know anything about it? does anyone know if its anygood, is it quieter? is it too big?
I've also heard that there are ways to make a prizm quiet...again i don't know any and would appreciate some advice. If I do purchase the skilter, i'll put the prizm on a 10 gallon nano that i'm setting up...what do you all think?
thanks,
vinnie | 
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04-23-2005, 04:33 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
| Re: anyone heard of a skilter?
The skilter is just as noisy if not more. It also does not skim very well. If price is an issue go to www.aquatraders.com and get the propak skimmer for $45, its a chinese clone of the bakpak skimmer _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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04-23-2005, 09:18 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: anyone heard of a skilter?
I have never heard one single positive remark about the skilters...sorry.   _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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04-24-2005, 06:18 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Taunton, MA,Massachusetts
Posts: 378
Karma: 66
| Re: anyone heard of a skilter?
My B/F is running a skilter on a 26 both front reef. IMO the thing stinks. It's noisy and doesn't skim very well. We had one running on the 29 at work and I replaced it with a SeaClone ( it was on the shelf, so I grabbed it.) The difference in the tank is amazing, and in reality I guess the SeaClone is working okay. _________   | |
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04-25-2005, 04:33 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 78
Karma: 23
| Re: anyone heard of a skilter?
Try an AquaC Remora. I beleive there is a used one for sale here on 3reef right now!
AWESOME skimmer. | |
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05-22-2006, 07:34 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posts: 145
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I run a skilter 250 in my tank, but it is highly modified. Out of the box they are noisy, make lots of bubbles in your tank, and don't work well.
Unless you like tinkering like I do, follow all the advice above. If you like tinkering, look for my post on the mods I made...it works fine in my 10 gallon reef, quietly pulling lots of stuff with almost no bubbles! Beware...unless you have all the odds and ends around, the mod will cause the total cost to be higher than the better out-of-the-box skimmer. Of course, you get a pretty good power filter and sump out of the Skilter for that price...
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SW:Equipment:10 gal 65w Satellite, mod Skilter250 + nano filter/surface skim rotating p.h. R/O unit
Occupants: yellowtailed damsel curlycue anemonae 11 nassarius 2 astreas red/green zoos green/orange/yellow zoos 3 mushroom coral candycane green acropora green star 2 colt anthelia ricordia feather duster
Hitchikers: stomatella snails burrowing clams brittle star asterina stars peanut worms bristleworms "pods"
Plants: caleurpa
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05-22-2006, 09:03 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2006 Location: western united states
Posts: 23
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they are not even worth the water that flows through them. i had one and i loved my sea clone when i upgraded. thats how bad it sucked....a sea clone was better and they suck. | |
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05-23-2006, 12:11 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Posts: 58
Karma: 24
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I have a skilter 250 on my tank. Not the smartest move. It leaks. and I blame it for the wicked nitrate spikes.
Needless to say, with a lot of trial and error, and error, I still have it running, minus the protein skimming capabilities. I have a "real" skimmer doing that now. Don't skimp on equiptment. Get the good stuff now, or you will end up regretting it later, and upgrading.
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29 GAL, 15 lbs live rock, 1 blue chromis, 1 clown goby, 1 sand sifting star, 1 serpent star, 8 clams, 23 crabs, 8 assorted snails, 1 Sea Cucumber, 2 MaxiJet powerheads, Skilter filter, Sea Clone 100 Protien Skimmer,20 lbs live sand, 10 ish pounds of crushed coral. | |
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05-23-2006, 08:24 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posts: 145
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Wendy, you have not added your new skimmer to your sig yet!
Good to see ya again...the 250 still not leaking, and the pump has not set fire to the house yet! | |
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