Protein Skimmer

[bswe22]

I am using a Penguin 170 Bio Wheel HOB filter on my 10 gallon reef tank right now. I was going to get a protein skimmer for my tank and wanted to know if I should run both filters and just the protein skimmer. I have about 15 lbs of live rock in the tank for the biological filtration. I also want to know what protein skimmer I should get. I have read that you should not go cheap when it comes to a protein skimmer. Any recommendations?

 

[taznut]

dont get a coralife... i hate mine...

 

[racingtiger03]

taznut, look up my recent thread about the corallife. Lots of help in there, and mine is working great after going through some of those steps.
bswe22, the minion skimmers are a decent skimmer for a smaller tank. The LFS has a few 3gallons running with them, not sure how well it would fare on a 10 gallon though...

 

[zsqure]

Aqua C Remora or Remora pro. Older technology but still do a better job than the bargain skimmers and can be found used at great prices. Big enough to keep around for your upgrade if you stay under 75gal.

 

[bswe22]

Originally Posted by zsqure
http:///forum/post/3187082
Aqua C Remora or Remora pro. Older technology but still do a better job than the bargain skimmers and can be found used at great prices. Big enough to keep around for your upgrade if you stay under 75gal.
That's the one I was thinking about. I just wanted to hear somebody else confirm my thoughts. Thanks

 

[zsqure]

actually replaced my Aqua C with a Euroreef a couple weeks ago, my system is bordering on 120 total gallons. The AquaC is cleaned up and collecting dust now......