The Best Wet Dry for a 55 gal!? I need fast help I'm getting one on christmas!

[soldier0117]

I need help, both wet dries I was going to get turned out to get bad reviews. They were megaflow and marineland, people said both had bad sumps that were restrictive. So can someone tell me what is really good for a 55 gal standard rectangle fish only tank? Also is a coralife super skimmer 65 good for my tank either sump or hang on setup?

 

[laredo300c]

i'vehad my 55 fowlr for 8 months now, currently have a marineland penguin 350 with biowheels and a seaclone 150 and everything good so far. i just recently added the skimmer and it was pulling out gunk within the hour.........very important... i have bout 30 lbs of live rock....will be adding 44lbs soon....don't know if i would run this system without liverock

 

[who dey]

I have a proclear aquatics rated for a 75 gallon on my 55 with a mag 7 pump. and a proclear skimmer rated for a 200 gallon (overskimming is good) here's a pic of the skimmer it pulls out lots of crap

 

[who dey]

here's the wet/dry

 

[soldier0117]

So you guys think proclear wet dry and proclear skimmers are good? What about the proclear pro series wet drys with built in skimmer?

 

[dmc888]

I have had my proclear running for over 3 years with no problems. I had my 125g rated filter on my 55g and just swapped it over to my new 90g. Pic is of my 90g reef ready but i used the proclear hangon overflow on my 55.

[hr]
is pretty cheap.

 

[jktenpro]

I have the exact wet/dry on my 90 as dmc and its great w/very little maintenance, 1 1/2 years, although I am not too fond of the skimmer. I am going to upgrade to an aqua c soon with my heavy bio load. Nitrate still usually 0. Keep prefilters clean and I would suggest using 2 no matter what model you get. Good luck.

 

[jrthomas40]

Originally Posted by WHO DEY
I have a proclear aquatics rated for a 75 gallon on my 55 with a mag 7 pump. and a proclear skimmer rated for a 200 gallon (overskimming is good) here's a pic of the skimmer it pulls out lots of crap

how the heck did you get all of that in there...i have that same sump (i will be getting a new one soon) but i had the hardest time getting my skimmer (seaclone 100) and a mag 5 in there...i mean it is in there but it is a tight fit and it puts bubbles back in the sump which therefore puts them in my tank

 

[soldier0117]

Thanks for help so far, I think i'll go with proclear wet dry. But could i get some more feedback on skimmers?

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by jrthomas40
how the heck did you get all of that in there...i have that same sump (i will be getting a new one soon) but i had the hardest time getting my skimmer (seaclone 100) and a mag 5 in there...i mean it is in there but it is a tight fit and it puts bubbles back in the sump which therefore puts them in my tank
it's one hell of a tight fit especially with the sponge i had to put in there to eliminate the skimmer bubbles. It was like a freakin puzzle!!!!

 

[peckhead]

what kind of sponge are you talking about to reduce bubbles? like a cleaning sponge for dishes?????????

 

[ninjamini]

I like this:

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by Soldier0117
Thanks for help so far, I think i'll go with proclear wet dry. But could i get some more feedback on skimmers?
here's how i crammed it all in. If you put a sponge on your skimmer exhaust it will get rid of bubbles. They will just trickle down and be gone by the time they reach the bottom

 

[soldier0117]

So what if I get a pro clear wet dry with a Kent Nautilus TE or an aquac or whatever?

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by Soldier0117
So what if I get a pro clear wet dry with a Kent Nautilus TE or an aquac or whatever?
just make sure it will fit in the sump

 

[soldier0117]

But what do you think about an Aquac EV-120?

 

[who dey]

not sure but my friend has a CL super skimmer on his 120 and it rocks

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by Soldier0117
But what do you think about an Aquac EV-120?
don't know much about the aquac

 

[peckhead]

Originally Posted by peckhead
what kind of sponge are you talking about to reduce bubbles? like a cleaning sponge for dishes?????????
?

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by peckhead
?
look at the picture. The pvc pipe is the exhaust draining into that brown sponge that was once white. Any bubbles coming out of the pipe are diffused by the sponge as they trickle down to the sump.