Skimmer for a 55G Reef?

Hey Xiztence,

For your tank size, ASM Mini G Skimmer would be perfect (also pretty popular):

ASM Mini G Skimmer


or


if you want better one that works just...AMAZING, but slightly more expensive, try the SWC Xtreme Cone Protein Skimmer 120:

SWC Xtreme Cone Protein Skimmer 120



I use the SWC Xtreme Cone Protein Skimmer 160 for my 130 and it does an amazing job - better than any other protein skimmers i have ever seen.

 

i myself like euro reef and asm skimmers. also other good ones i have seen work real well are the vertex brand skimmers, reef octopus the one marinedepo has for 169.00 i s seen it on a 75g apears to pull crud real well.
over the years i been in this hobby i have went through 6-8 brands. i generally i buy euro reef or asm's becuase they are so simple and work great. no fussing with them connstantly. just set the risier tube and forget it.
i have had a coralife skimmer for a 125 and i hated it i had nothing but troble with it. i also had and do still have a red sea prizim pro the big one but you had to mess with it all the time i only use it to cure rock with now. also a seaclone it will work on a very small bioload if its in the sump the hang on method sucks. but still to much troble

if you are on a buget you can check ebay and find a erou reef rs80 modle theyre and get a good deal on a asm g-1. but if i was in your shoes and was on i tight buget and wanted a good skimmer at a reasonable price i would go with the reef octopus skimmer i mentioned above i have seen this skimmer working many time on visits to a fellow reefer's house.
do some more research on brand's and im sure you find what you want.
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I still don't know which skimmer to buy :-/