help with my filter/protein skimmer

[jakleen]

against my better judgement i have ordered a rio nano skimmer
> (filter and skimmer). i have a 20 gallon tank with a baby cube.and
> 2 percula clown (tank raised) fish . i have aqua clear mini ,live
> rock ,and 8 watt uva. i wanted a skimmer that will not cause to
> much turbulance. i like mini remora but i think it it too much
> water movement for my baby cube. i do not like rio ,but i thought
> this would be good filter and skimmer,not very expensive $27. i
> thought the worst would be that it is a garbage product and i can
> just dump it. has anyone had experience with this skimmer? am i
> right , that the cube fish and the clowns are not strong
> swimmers???. any suggestions . i do not like cpr and prizim.
> thanks. jakleen

 

[Krish]

I run that skimmer on my 24gal Aquapod with the upgraded pump to a maxijet 1200. It doesn't produce a lot of flow at all as it drains out so you will be fine. It also skimms really well IMO. If you click on my aquapod link in my signature, you can see it setup!

 

[jakleen]

thank you for your respond , iwent to your aquapod link, i di not see your tank, but i saw the stand. i will replace my rio pump with maxi jet 1200 as you have suggested. thanks again. jakleen

 

[Krish]

That thread is quite a few pages long, but here's the page with the skimmeron it before I up-graded the pump

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19021&page=3

 

[Randy-S]

They are using needle wheel pumps in these arent they? I thooght it was another skilter but when i read they had needle wheels i thought they could work.

Where did you guys buy them from?

 

[Randy-S]

Krish you are using the aqua c nano not the rio nano skimmer. The rio looks more like the old skiltered did.

 

[Krish]

Krish you are using the aqua c nano not the rio nano skimmer. The rio looks more like the old skiltered did.

You're right! I didn't notice he posted rio nano skimmer I have the remora nano skimmer which for some reason was what I thought he posted. My bad...Sorry.