hunterdaddy
Member
Local LFS has a combination filter/protien skimmer. The cheaper one is rated filter 100 gallon and skim 125 gallon. Anyone ever heard/seen/used one of these?? If they work it sure beats a 150$ skimmer.
SKILTERS????
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ramey70
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My LFS sold me one with my setup for $89. It has worked well and I even got the skimmer to pull some crud out of the water. It is very LOUD however. Plus, I found them on the internet for $49 later which bothered me. It's a good filter for a new person to the hobbie. Mine is going to go on Tuesday when my new Prizm comes in.
mr . salty
Active Member
As stated,these make great filters,but the skimmers are junk.Save your money and get a real skimmer...I also made the mistake of being talked into one of these when I started,but now I know better.Most "combo" filters are just junk...Remember,,,CHEAP stuff aint good,And GOOD stuff aint cheap...
hunterdaddy
Member
Ok guys thanks alot for the answer. I was kind of wondering why a good skimmer sells for 150+ and the skilter 400 is basically a whisper filter with a skimeer on it. Thanks
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cruises8
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I had a skilter for a while. I used it mostly as a filter, like the others stated. It did manage to get a fair amount of junk out of the tank, but it also put a lot of bubbles in the tank!
bacchus_fl
Member
I also bought a skilter 400. Luckily I got it for $50 bucks. They make good filters and the protien skimmer works OK for the cost. Depending on the size of your tank and what your wanting to keep. To make them less noisy, actually silent, all you have to do is get an air pump and wooden air stone. Drill a whole in the top of the plastic lid big enough to put the hose through. Then drop the stone in the whole and your good to go.
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sebae0
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the skilter is worthless if you intend on using it for a skimmer. High maintenance low production, if your looking for a good skimmer try the sea clone, usually can get them on internet for about 69.00 dollars
dirtybilge
Member
The whole skilter is junk, buy a canister and a bakpak or seaclone, prizm's are loud.
kijak
Member
I use the skilter 250 on a 10 gal, It was very loud, but I disconnected the venturi, and installed a wood/airstone, and air pumpt, it works much better, I got plans off the net that uses a camera film container (plastic) to put the airstone in, i don't run it after additives are added, but I let it run overnight. and it pulls out a wet coffee color liquid. the Bakpak at my LFS is 160 dollars, the skilter was $60. The bakpak may outperform the skilter to make up for the cost difference.
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