65g needle wheel coralife

Discussion in 'Protein Skimmers' started by packerfreak25, Aug 19, 2013.

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  1. packerfreak25

    packerfreak25 Bristle Worm

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    My prism skimmer broke a few days ago and I have seen a Coralife super skimmer needle wheel for 80$ at lfs. Anyone have one




    Ps it's goin on a 29g reef
     
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  3. DSC reef

    DSC reef Giant Squid

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    I love mine. I have it on my 36 bowfront. It skims like crazy. It was easy to adjust and the micro bubbles went away after 24 hours of break in.
     
  4. dandk2261999

    dandk2261999 Bristle Worm

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    I have had a couple and found that they are hit or miss on their abilities. Many have had luck, but not me, right now I am on a sc aquariums skimmer and love it.
     
  5. packerfreak25

    packerfreak25 Bristle Worm

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    Yeah I'm starting to see that
     
  6. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    I hated mine.... so much. I used it as a Hang On not in a sump though
     
  7. dandk2261999

    dandk2261999 Bristle Worm

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    I used one as hang on and the micro bubbles were horrible and it didn't skim worth a darn, overflowed twice. Used another one as an in sump and it skimmed a little but didn't overflow. Craigslist they went and I went with an sc aquariums. It was about budget for me.
     
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  9. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    I think they are better than prism skimmers
     
  10. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    Their pricing is good, but I still can't recommend them. I hate mine. I have it running on my 10 gallon QT just to get some added volume and O2. Never could get it to skim anything though. So I guess hit or miss as mentioned. I replaced it with an Eshopps PSK-100H and am 1000 times happier.