Skimmer For 46 Gallon

[ptchfork]

Hey - new guy here & I expect to asking a bunch of questions in the next few months, so I'll apologize in advance! I have a 46 bow front at home, currently with 20 lbs of live rock & 20 lbs of "base rock". (I started this whole thing backwards and no i'm trying get into a reef-type set up.) Anyway I've currently have 2 clowns, a purple tang, a coral beauty and a royal gramma along with some Turbos, hermits and 2 Emerald Crabs.
One of my many troubles is I need a protein skimmer. I had the Prisim skimmer from Red Sea, but it always seemed to fill the tanks with bubbles. Anyway, can some one suggest a good skimmer for my tank. Everything I look at is for 100 + !

 

[mrmaroon]

Welcome to the board and good luck. I have a 55g with a sump. I just switched from a prism to a Euroreef. The Euroreef is amazing! Mine was about $200. Do you need a hang-on or do you have a sump? Are you not running the prism at all right now?

 

[robn70]

If you don't want to go with the sump route, a CPR backpack skimmer will work quite well for that size tank. I ran one on my 38 gal. for a while before switching to a sump based setup.

 

[rbmount]

I have a cpr bak pak on my 46 bow and i am well pleased with the results and price.

 

[midwest reefer]

are you sure you have the prizm setup correctly. You can adjust it so there is no bubbles coming out of it. Mine did shoot out bubbles until I read the instructions and learned how to adjust it.