!!!!!!do Not Use Skilter Filter/skimmer!!!!!!!

[d.french]

sharing this with everyone i have used 2 now skilter 400 for filter not skimmer and both have started leaking and corroding through motor. The first time i sent them an email and they sent me a new one and its happened again. Not good with saltwater so if you have on watch out neither has lasted a year.

[Piggy]

Does it have the built in water skimmer?

[d.french]

the skilter 400 does, but there junk i only used it for hang on filter and carbon for small saltwater tank.

[Piggy]

My sister called me over the weekend about hers. It has the same problem yours did. But hers leaked onto the floor where the powersrip was sitting and she came home to two whinning dogs and a house full of smoke. All I can say she was very lucky that she came home when she did.

She didn'tknow it was the filter until she got looking and realized it leaks where the pump hooks. I told her call the company. I'm not sure if she did. I also told her to look for a protein skimmer and get rid of that thing.

[d.french]

i sent them another email and told them not to send another free one that there junk and that they need to address problem, salt water corrodes the motor very quick not saltwater safe i believe.

[hibye]

i have one to.filter sucks,skimmer sucks,so i put rubber tape around the motor and it fixed my problem for the leakage,for the too many bubbles i put this mesh that has very very tiny holes in it.

[hibye]

i think it is those mesh for spray paint

[reeffreak]

I had one of those 17 years ago.It was junk then and is still junk today.The skimmer is totally worthless.

[ReefKeeper]

there is a mod that you can do to the skimmer part to make it skim pretty good, but i have never heard of the problem above. i hope they take care of it for you.

[Piggy]

Well don't bother calling customer service. Boy were they rude. More or less told my sister it was her problem and not theirs. I told her to contact consumer safty and report it.