Skimmer busted a leak, need new skimmer

Thanks I'll take a look

 

The coralife is a good skimmer for the money, but if your limit is 300..i'd spend what you can on a good one. My coralife's pump froze up last week after being used for a year and cleaned out regularly. I have heard good things about the SWC HOB's. I just ordered a SWC 120 cone.

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You could take this opportunity to build a sump

 

Yea I may just save up and get the SWC, as far as sump goes I have thought of turning the 20 to a sump. Especially now that it's full of rock and really doesn't have room for fish now. And it's sitting next to the 46, but I have no idea on how to build a sump of even if I could get the two connected

 

It's a lot easier than you think. I seems really complex, but the most difficult thing is getting the baffles in IMO. All it is is an overflow box, some PVC, a return pump, and the tank.

 

yup, figure $150 budget for a in-sump skimmer, $50 return pump, $100 overflow box w/ plumbing. you already have a 20g. would help keep your bioload down since you just added that much more water volume to the system. and no more old gym sock in the tank and hob skimmers.

 

yea ill deffiently have to rethink the sump idea

 

here's a cheap used overflow box. just add a drain hose and filter sock for sump.

Aquarium Overflow box pre filter - eBay (item 300428468388 end time May-23-10 20:30:05 PDT)

 

haha ill look into it

 

with the money you'll saved, you can fedex me your bubble coral.

 

hahaha the bubble is staying