New Skimmer

[tragikmagik]

Im getting a new skimmer for my 55 gal. I was wanting a good hang-on. I ran across the "Red Sea Prizm Pro Deluxe Protein Skimmer" It said it was good up to 300 gal! I plan on in the future getting a larger tank but am not quite sure when that is. I was thinking I would just get a good one now, so that I don't have to pay for yet another one later on down the road. I also want one that is realativly quiet. What do you guys think of this one? Will it be too much for my tank? And also the skimmer I am using now puts thousands of tiny bubbles right into my tank. I think that it makes it look kinda bad. Is this just my faulty skimmer or do they all do this? Oh yeah what is underskimming?

 

[Salt Freak]

I like the prizm because it underskims. underskims is a more diluted foam it looks light brown or white. instead of a rich foam is dark brown almost black which is filled with more junk. The reason I like underskimming is it doesn't take out all my additives in the tank even though it still takes them out. I havn't notice any bubbles in my tank unless the skimmer is on full. I have the one for the 100 gallon skimmer on my tank I like the prizm there is a couple of other people that like this skimmer on there tank.

 

[Navarre]

Prizms are ok if you like underskimming. However they are not quiet. They can be very noisy in fact. There is a method to making them quiet as they appear to have a design fault that can easily be rectified.

 

[zachariah]

I am thinking of buying a prism skimmer but how will it fit onto my juwel rio 180 any ideas?

 

[zachariah]

I have a juwel vision 180 and I am having a devil of a job to fit a skimmer to my tank! The prism will fit I am told by my LFS BUT I would need to modify not only the lid but the frame by cutting out a chunk with a hacksaw, not really poss as the tank is setup.
You could do what I have done, buy a cheap Lees airdriven skimmer (£16ish) you would need a poweful air pump to run it and they are a fiddle to set up and you would need to cut a hole in the flap. I don't know of any skimmer that will fit without modifying the lid/frame

 

[joel_mcfetridge]

i cut my lid on a rekord 120 although because of the lighting electronics it doesnt shut down right now. i'm gonna get an arcadia overtank luminaire soon so that;ll solve that.