anyone heard of a skilter?

VDHILLON-if you deciede to go down the Helter Skilter route, might I suggest adding an air pump to the air intake to quite it down. (and don't forget to add a limewood airstone in the protein chamber to really get it going!)
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Good luck!

 

anyone heard of skilter

There is a lot of Skilter bashing but I haven't seen a post recommending a complete replacement. All that seems to be posted is a skimmer replacement. I have a very mature 50gal skilter equipped reef and I want to make it better. The problem is the tank was made to fit in my unused fireplace. I have no room for a sump only a hangon about the size of a skilter. Are there any recommendations that would do both mechanical filtering along with skimming?

 

Reviving an old thread, I see.

Aquarium in an unused fireplace. I'd like to see this.

Skilters are crap. I like my Hydor Slim Skim much better. Great skimmer - produces some nice skimmate, quiet, and has a small footprint (about 3.1" x 3.1", needs 11" water depth).

This is an internal skimmer. It will hang on the glass using magnets, similar to Hydor does with their Koralia line of pumps.

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/protein-skimmers/hydor-slim-skim-nano-unboxed-121932.html

 

Wow, that's an old thread to revive on your first post! The only thing I would say about skilters is there was a big thread of worst newbie mistakes, a few years ago on another forum. Many cheap skimmers, such as seaclones were up there, but skilters seemed to win hands down from what I recall.... just sayin...