[darkangel66n]

Okay so I am setting up another saltwater tank, this will make 6 including the 2 QT's. The tank will be a 65 and I wish to keep this one on the simple side. It will house my 7 benghai cardinals and an assortment of mushrooms, zoas and polyps. There is no way to put a sump on this tank, but I want a skimmer for it. Budget is around $200 and I want a HOB style skimmer. I have a few coralife 65's but I keep hearing they are no good, so I am looking for a suggestion for something that will fit my bill. Any suggestions?

 

[wtac]

$200 is a bit of a challenge for a decently designed new HOB skimmer. If you can stretch your budget a bit, the AquaMaxx HOB1 is a good bang for the $$$ @ $240+HST. The SRO LX1000s is a great performer but @$385+HST. I've only used the latter and it's a great HOB skimmer.

IMHO/E those are the only two that I would spend my money on. As much as I love the Deltec MCE600, replacement parts are tough to get nowadays.

CoraLife skimmers are prone to overflowing. It takes a bit of time modding to get the most out of it. There is info out there but in an HOB application, you must keep an eagle eye on it.

JM2C

 

[teemee]

I disagree, the cadlights hob works well and is well within your price range.

 

[darkangel66n]

I disagree, the cadlights hob works well and is well within your price range.

Do you have a link or do I just search alight?

 

[sig]

Do you have a link or do I just search alight?

http://www.cadlights.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=48

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[wtac]

Here's the link for the CADLight PLS-50, but it's rather small, IMHO, unless you keep your bioload really light or eventually get two of them.

 

[altcharacter]

Tom is selling the deltec MCE 600 for $250. I'm sure you could give him $200 and possibly throw something in to trade. If I remember correct I sold one of these units to Erik a few years back and he was pretty happy with it. Contact tom g and dax and get their review on it

 

[SKurj]

I loved the aquamaxx hob-1 the thing was awesome on my 40g. Easy to clean, well made, quiet.. no complaints.

 

[CanadaCorals.com]

Have you looked at the JNS HOB skimmer?

We can bring one in for you @ $199 by next Friday.

Example:
http://www.reefsolution.com/catalog...-hang-cyclone-skimmer-p-2800.html?language=en

 

[SKurj]

Amazingly similar to the aquamaxx hob-1

 

[wtac]

AquaMaxx is a "private label" mfg'd by JNS

 

[darkangel66n]

Thanks for the info, I will look at them all and decide.