Tired of Prism Skimmer

[spartanph]

I've had it with my Red Sea Prism Deluxe skimmer (what a waste of money). I could adjust the thing 10 times a day and it would still either run dry, overflow, and spit a gazillion microbubbles into the tank.
So I'm going to replace it.
I could use a recommendation for something good that I will not have to play the adjustment game with. Right now it would need to be a hang on the back as I don't have a sump yet (hopefully can upgrade around the first of the year.

Tank is an 85 gallon reef with about 100 lbs LR, crushed coral substrate, 3 Aquaclear 70 PH's.
Thanks!

 

[gsd]

Coralife SUper skimmer 125....works and works well if its setup correctly which is not hard to do.

 

[alyssia]

I replaced my crappy Prizm with a Coralife, and I love it.

 

[spartanph]

GSD & alyssia have you used any of the higher end skimmers before? I've heard complaints about the CSS that are similar to the problems I've had with the prizm.
What about the Deltec MCE600 or the AquaC Remora Pro?
Another thought is what about an external skimmer? Anyone have suggestions for one of those. It would be nice if there was an external that could be used internally when I eventually add a sump.

 

[flpriest]

Spartan, what do you plan on doing with your prism? If you would like to get rid of it e-mail @ flpriest at yahoo dot com. I think I would have the time to mess with it.

 

[alyssia]

The only skimmers I have used are Prizm and Coralife. My Coralife is external, I don't have a sump so I don't know how well it would work in one.

 

[windmill]

I'm using a Prizm and it's never given me any reason to complain. Well, after I put a bit of prefilter foam in the discharge (last chamber) to eliminate the few bubbles it spewed. And other than the inital adjustment after emptying the collection cup, mine stays spot on. All I do is turn the knob until I see foam at the bottom of the collection cup line, and watch it for 20 -30 seconds to make sure it doesn't get any higher.
Other than the bubbles, the only thing that i've ever had to complain about was noise, but most skimmers aren't quiet.
The only other skimmers i've used are the generic double bubble clear plastic tube types that use air pumps and those wooden blocks. I don't know how much better other skimmer types are compared, but they all seem to remove the same kind/amount of nastiness.