[Myka]

The price has gone down. When I bought mine 10 years ago it was $90 on sale with a lot of dust. I should have known better w/ all the dust on it. For $35, I'd rather spend that on an AquaClear. The cartidges are expensive for the Skilter, but if you filled it with lr rubble it may be a decent little filter. Don't expect it to skim much...on any size tank. Mine skimmed VERY hit and miss, was a pain to tune it in, and would lose its tuning easily. When it DID skim it didn't produce much, and the skimmate was just light tea colored. It was pretty useless as a skimmer. The Skilter isn't powerful enough for a 55g either...like nowhere near. Try maybe a 20g max.