Newbie here in the NW

[Coleus]

Hi and welcome to canreef.

I share the same experience moving from fresh to salt water. Before start to buy the skimmer i think you should make sure you want to use your current tank. Because for me, if i got a chance to do it over again, i would have my tank drilled (my current tank is drilled but my first sw tank was not) so i can hide everything from display tank except powerheads.

I used to have aqua medic turbofloto skimmer but for the price you pay, I would go for some BM from Oceanic but they are not HOB, thus you need a sum :-)