Which Skimmer? New question at bottom

what size tank?

 

Reef Octopus has a good HOB skimmer also that's pretty good also.

 

I ran a coralife 65 for a couple years and I have nothing but great things to say about it. In fact I was going to use it on my 65 that I'm setting up but after sitting unused for a year or so, the pump didn't want to start. So I replaced the skimmer with a new SWC skimmer. I would def say go ahead with the coralife. I would also keep my eyes open for a Boyu, I have never used one but they are a coralife knock off. And they look identical. My LFS swears by them and said he will put them up against a $300 skimmer any day. Again I've never used them but the prices are cheap and could be worth a look.

 

ReefBruh, do you have a link to the Reef Octopus HOB skimmer?

 

Im sticking with Euroreef...my fav by far, i had a superskimmer...it was ok, not the greatest but def not the worst, i have an excalibur on right now because my sedra went on my ER...i HATE HATE HATE this stupid excalibur...it sucks so much a$$ i cant even properly explain it!!! i almost never get any skimmate from it even when i have it up all the way...there is absolutely no way to skim wet with this stupid thing!! But for the money the coralife superskimmer is good...its better then this stupid stupid excalibur anyway hahaha!!!

 

I have a 40 breeder with no sump. I currently dont have a skimmer to answer some of your questions. All my equipment is listed in my singature.
Mozilla/4.0 (BREW 3.1.5; U; en-us; Sanyo; NetFront/3.5.1/AMB) Boost SCP6760

 

i would go with the back pak 2 or i have a aquac Amazon.com: AquaC Remora Protein Skimmer with Maxi-Jet 1200 Pump: Kitchen & Dining i have it on my tank and i love it i picked mine up for 75 bucks just keep an eye out on the sale form and ebay

 

My friend had the 3rd option in the original post and hated it. Didn't do much and didn't like working on it.

He upgraded to the Bak-Pak and is still running it on the sump after we converted it. I have seen the Hydor on display and their ease of service is impressive. Easy to break down for cleaning. I have not seen it in use thou.

 

The reef octopus is a good choice and also look into maybe an aquac remora pro hang on skimmer, you can usually find them for a decent price on some of the forums or local reef clubs.