Red Sea Fish Pharm Skimmer ?

[cawsey20]

Hi there,

Am a noobie here have posted a few time's .. Am trying to build up a shopping list of ideal parts to make my first marine setup ..
Am starting to understand what the purpose of everything is and there different jobs !//

Have seen a Red Sea Fish Pharm protein skimmer for sale for a decent price..
It's described as practically new and looks clean enough,, Are these decent unit's ?. And will it function well on a 125l tank such as the juwel rio 125 that i plan to get ?? cheers..

This is the actual image.. I cant seem to identify the exact model on the redsea website is it an old style or something ??.
Or is it a X2 ?..

 

[seffieuk]

I wouldnt buy a red sea....... tell us how much you want to spend and we will give you some ideas

I would wait until i could get a deltec

Seffie x

 

[cawsey20]

Ok well would i be unrealistic to find a second hand skimmer for around 40 - £50 ??..

 

[seffieuk]

Ok well would i be unrealistic to find a second hand skimmer for around 40 - £50 ??..

Unrealistic for a deltec, be careful buying a cheap brand second hand, sometimes the pumps are really loud and will drive you mad!!

You might want to consider buying a very cheap boyu pump for now, I had one in my orca 550, which was a 126 litre tank, worked fine, did the job and with regular water changes you should be fine - so, I would say, get your yourself a cheap hang-on and then later upgrade when you have more dosh.

Seffie x

ps where do you live, there is a deltec mce 600 on ebay in London

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/Deltec-MCE600-Skimmer-/120652027247?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item1c176bd56f

or there is this one:

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELTEC-MCE-300-PROTEIN-SKIMMER-/200549295136?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item2eb1ab6420

 

[dips]

Hi there,

Im fairly new and just got my tank up and running. Id say get yourself 100pounds together and possibly get a TCM V2 skimmer. I found my V2 400 skimmer for my 260 ltre tank for 65pounds off ebay.

dips