Recommend a Protein Skimmer

I want to purchase a protein skimmer but somewhat being a newbie to the
Marine land I am not sure. One of the LFS has a ETSS hangon with pump for
245 that I am leaning towards.
It is for a 55gal
45 pounds of live sand
80 pounds of live rock
1 emperor 400
1 fluval 404 I am thinking of removing
2 Powerhead's 646
Because the tank has only been up for 9 weeks I only have 3 blue leg hermits
in it right now. I do not plan on doing corals until I am sure I can make
this switch from freshwater to salwater successfully and so far it seems to
be doing well. I used on jumbo shrimp to help cycle it at the 4 week mark.

From water test which are great right now I want to add a few fish put I
want the protein skimmer to be running before i introduce them.

Any recommendations would be great.

Aqua C or the Eura Reef. Best around, good price.

"Layer3guru" <> wrote in message
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> I want to purchase a protein skimmer but somewhat being a newbie to the
> Marine land I am not sure. One of the LFS has a ETSS hangon with pump for
> 245 that I am leaning towards.
> It is for a 55gal
> 45 pounds of live sand
> 80 pounds of live rock
> 1 emperor 400
> 1 fluval 404 I am thinking of removing
> 2 Powerhead's 646
> Because the tank has only been up for 9 weeks I only have 3 blue leg
hermits
> in it right now. I do not plan on doing corals until I am sure I can make
> this switch from freshwater to salwater successfully and so far it seems
to
> be doing well. I used on jumbo shrimp to help cycle it at the 4 week mark.
>
> From water test which are great right now I want to add a few fish put I
> want the protein skimmer to be running before i introduce them.
>
> Any recommendations would be great.
>
>

> One of the LFS has a ETSS hangon with pump

Huh? ETSS do not make hangon skimmers.

> It is for a 55gal
> 45 pounds of live sand
> 80 pounds of live rock

AquaC will do fine. ETSS Reef Devil is good for this size tank as well. But
it is best first determine what kind of livestock/coral you wish to keep.

> 1 emperor 400
> 1 fluval 404 I am thinking of removing

And the Emperor 400 as well.

jc

>
>Huh? ETSS do not make hangon skimmers.
>

It may not be an actuall ETS, but made by the folks at AEtech (same people that
make ETS)and its on their web site. Its called the sea dragon
http://www.superskimmer.com/sea_dragon_filtration.htm
Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

I have an AquaC Remora HOB on my 55 gal, works fine.

Layer3guru <> wrote in message
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> I want to purchase a protein skimmer but somewhat being a newbie to the
> Marine land I am not sure. One of the LFS has a ETSS hangon with pump for
> 245 that I am leaning towards.
> It is for a 55gal
> 45 pounds of live sand
> 80 pounds of live rock
> 1 emperor 400
> 1 fluval 404 I am thinking of removing
> 2 Powerhead's 646
> Because the tank has only been up for 9 weeks I only have 3 blue leg
hermits
> in it right now. I do not plan on doing corals until I am sure I can make
> this switch from freshwater to salwater successfully and so far it seems
to
> be doing well. I used on jumbo shrimp to help cycle it at the 4 week mark.
>
> From water test which are great right now I want to add a few fish put I
> want the protein skimmer to be running before i introduce them.
>
> Any recommendations would be great.
>
>

This is the one it has a ETSS sticker on it so I did not know any better
So would this be a good one for my tank, also on a previous post someone
mentioned getting rid of the Emperor 400 and the fluval 404 if I put this
one? What is the idea behind it the tank cycled well with both of these so I
figured if I get rid of the fluval 404 and replace it with this skimmer I
would be fine is this to much filrtation or something am I actually hurting
the tank?

"Rod" <> wrote in message
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> >
> >Huh? ETSS do not make hangon skimmers.
> >
>
> It may not be an actuall ETS, but made by the folks at AEtech (same people
that
> make ETS)and its on their web site. Its called the sea dragon
> http://www.superskimmer.com/sea_dragon_filtration.htm
> Rod Buehler
> www.asplashoflife.com

> It may not be an actuall ETS, but made by the folks at AEtech (same people
that
> make ETS)and its on their web site. Its called the sea dragon
> http://www.superskimmer.com/sea_dragon_filtration.htm

My bad. It must be a recent product as ETSS havent had HOT for a long time.

jc

> So would this be a good one for my tank,

ETSS rates it for 100g system. But I myself wont trust those ratings as this
skimmer also isnt their well known downdraft skimmer. IMHO there doesnt
exist a HOT skimmer that can handle more then 75G yet. So take the specs and
a grain of salt.

also on a previous post someone
> mentioned getting rid of the Emperor 400 and the fluval 404 if I put this
> one? What is the idea behind it the tank cycled well with both of these so
I
> figured if I get rid of the fluval 404 and replace it with this skimmer I
> would be fine is this to much filrtation or something am I actually
hurting
> the tank?

Freshwater filtration setup can only filter ammo/nitrite and not nitrate and
nitrate can be a major coral killer. A skimmer extually exports waste out of
the system. The working pratices of biological filtration is quite different
then the common pratices that of freshwater.

I would highly recommend you get your hands on some recently published reef
books if you havent already.

jc

Jimmy,
Lifereef makes a hang on version of their VS24 skimmer. It can definitely
handle more than 75 G! I use the in-sump version (same size) and it is an
excellent skimmer.
Mike

"Jimmy Chen" <> wrote in message
news:3fca1a9a$0$42160 ETSS rates it for 100g system. But I myself wont trust
those ratings as this
> skimmer also isnt their well known downdraft skimmer. IMHO there doesnt
> exist a HOT skimmer that can handle more then 75G yet. So take the specs
and
> a grain of salt.
>

$245.00.. sounds like an LFS ripoff.

For a 55 hob skimmer here are your best 3 choices.

About $100. Excalibur Hang on Skimmer.

About $125. CPR Bak Pak

About $170. Aqua C Remora

I'd recommend the Remora if you have the cash. All of these prices
are mail order. Prices will be about 50% higher at LFS.

Good luck














"Dave" <> wrote in message news:<Ne5yb.50248$>...
> I have an AquaC Remora HOB on my 55 gal, works fine.
>
> Layer3guru <> wrote in message
> news:82Nxb.46872$...
> > I want to purchase a protein skimmer but somewhat being a newbie to the
> > Marine land I am not sure. One of the LFS has a ETSS hangon with pump for
> > 245 that I am leaning towards.
> > It is for a 55gal
> > 45 pounds of live sand
> > 80 pounds of live rock
> > 1 emperor 400
> > 1 fluval 404 I am thinking of removing
> > 2 Powerhead's 646
> > Because the tank has only been up for 9 weeks I only have 3 blue leg
> hermits
> > in it right now. I do not plan on doing corals until I am sure I can make
> > this switch from freshwater to salwater successfully and so far it seems
> to
> > be doing well. I used on jumbo shrimp to help cycle it at the 4 week mark.
> >
> > From water test which are great right now I want to add a few fish put I
> > want the protein skimmer to be running before i introduce them.
> >
> > Any recommendations would be great.
> >
> >