I had a prism pro for a couple of years and finicky is a bit of an understatement.
The first week after it was cleaned it would overflow the collection cup and dump gallons of water on the floor everytime my back was turned. The second week it would skim like a champ as long as it didn't lose its suction. The third week i would barely get any skimmate at all (but at least it didn't flood my floor) and would need to be cleaned which brought me right back to week one :rolleyes:.

That does sound good. I don't get that out of my $500 Tunze 9015, but I just didn't have the luck you have with that Prizm.

I just meant that mine was finicky because it was hard to adjust but once we got it adjusted it worked absolutely fine. However, I am thinking I just got lucky as I have heard lots of bad about these skimmers on here and elsewhere on other forums.

Well, after getting all this information, i think i'll try to find a Remora or a Tunze nano intead. I'll start a new thread. Thanks a lot for the comments. :)

lol, what have a done? my experience was in the extremely finicky group. only very rarely did it ever perform half decently. Chipie, I am glad you decided to go for a remora or tunze. I hear the remora is good enough for what it costs; imo the tunze is a great skimmer... not the very very best, but pretty good.

LOL you did good.:) I'm not a very experienced reefer so any advice i greatly appreciated. Thanks ;)

I imagine a deltec hob would probably be better but out of my price range unfortunatly. :(