[DJ88]

IMO the Seaclone is not a great skimmer.. I have two sitting in a box in a closet. I plan on doing horrible things to them. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

If you want to put corals in a 33, I would go for as much overkill as possible. Not to undercut the sale of the bakpak but I'd go for the Precision Marine HOT1. It hangs on the back. Very good skimmer. If you ever plan on taking your tank above softies you will probably end up wanting a more powerful skimmer. Buy the biggest you can get now and save the hassle of upgrading later. I did it that way and spent wayy to much money on upgrading. A good idea for researching skimmers is to go to Reef Central and runa search.. type in the skimmers you are looking for and see what comes up.. You will most likely see people recommending Remora's, HOT-1's and a few other large hang on's. I guess it will come down to waht you are willing to spend.

Once again tho do keep in mind where you hope to go with your tank. Just softies? or more later on?

With the lighting you may need to put the corals as high as possible in the tank. 110W of PC is a good start. I think you should be able to keep a few softies. I don't know enough about PC on a 33gallon tho. Hopefully someone who has used PC's will add more..

Softies should be ok.. Hard corals IMO, no. You won't have the intensity. But that is me. Once again I go for as much as possible. On my 33 I have 3 95W VHO actinics and a 250W MH.