are seaclones really that bad?

[kmart93]

I bought one. I hope i didnt make a mistake. I only have 1 fish, 5 snails, a hermit, and a cleaner shrimp so far in my 55. So i'm sure i dont have a lot of protein yet.

 

[fshhub]

IMO, they are one of the better 2, under 100$ skimmers on the market
for a 55 they should be fine

 

[msb27]

fshhub, if you dont have a skimmer personally, then how did you base your opinion? Just wondering.
Scott <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />

 

[fshhub]

lots and lots of research(on most of the skimmers on the market), id did when i was thinking about getting one for my 75(this tank is about 7 months young now), talking to those who have skimmers, and reading everything i could find on them, and no not advertisements either, i also do know lots of people with them, and such(i did say, IMO and not IME)
i also keep curent on them too, b/c i am trying to make it a skimmerless system(lucky so far) but am ready to get one if need be too, just so we do not have any problems, i am all for them and not against i do believe tehy are one of the best tools money can buy for an aquarium(but we wanted teh challenge)
for the record, in a smaller tank, for under 100$, the only 2 i would consider are
the prizm and the seaclones, personally

 

[msb27]

thats a fair enough answer. I have a prizm, and it seems to do a good job. If you buy one, make sure it will fit with your light hood(if you have one). I built my hood before the skimmer arrived and the collection cup is so tall I had to modify my hood afterwards. Oh well, poor planning on my part, but the hood is 4 1/2 inches obove top of the tank but the skimmer would not fit.
Scott

 

[rapt0r32]

I have a Clone on my 55. It does a good job on the 55. From what I have read from other people who have had them I don't know if I would go above a 55 tank size. Keep the clone clean and it should clean for you nicely. I currently have 5 hermits 13 snails. 1 Snowflake eel 2 Clowns 1 Tom Clown and 2 damels.

 

[sweetjesus]

my sea clone works great on my 55!

 

[indy1]

I have one, also on a 55. They can be finicky!! But, mine produces a good amount of scum...
hey Kmart where in Indiana are you????

 

[lettheirberock]

i've got one on my 55 and it has served me well. for under 100$ you cant beat it! the sea-clone can be use as a hang on or an in sump model ,which is a plus.

 

[jester]

Got one on my 45. Works great. There are easy mods to really improve it also.

 

[lawnboy]

What are the "easy mods"? I have one from my 55 now on 125 and can only afford to add another (Only $65 at fishsupply). Need to get all I can out of em.

 

[jond]

All I did to mine was shorten the tank end of the J tube so the powerhead was closer to the surface. Keep the sponge and air venture clean and it works awesome. I sent a prizm back before getting the Seaclone. Two reasons: too tall and very noisy, IMO.

 

[lettheirberock]

i run a limewood airstone in mine,it helps out alot.i just drilled a hole in the center of the lid, and ran the air line through it.it's an easy mod and not much trouble to do.

 

[twoods71]

Got 1 on my 55 and am very happy with it.

 

[cranium55]

Jond, how much of the tank end of the J tube did you cut off?

 

[deuce biggalow]

For a skimmer under a 100 bucks it does a awesome job.

 

[richard rendos]

The little swirl of bubbles produced in the seaclone does not offer enough contact between the water and air to efficiently skim proteins out of water. Two things that make a great skimmer... flow and contact time of water and air. The seaclone sucks at both of these.

 

[jakob4001]

possibly you had one of the old models that wasp lagued like that RR...the 1 we have on the 135 does great no probs ever...'cept the usually clean the prefilter & keep rest of clean...wwwhheeew thought we were the only ones that used it for large reef tank...glad we replaced that crappy airstone operated one in the 35 w/ sea clone too