Tunze 240/2

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That's Tunze's older line of skimmers. I use a 240/3 and it skims just fine. The approach is completely different than the latest tendency to skim the snot out of your aquarium.

It's venturi design is small, compact and efficient. I wouldn't put it into a full out high-end SPS system, but it will do fine with anything else.

I used to run a mesh-modded ER 6-2 which is a little bit undersized for my system. The 240/3 pulls out just as much stuff while using less electricity, being a bit quieter and taking up a lot less space. The ER also used to go nuts and overflow after the meshmod whenever I fed anything oily like mysis, which got really annoying. The Tunze simply stops foaming for a few hours.

If you're looking at a new Tunze skimmer, their 9010, 9015, 9020 line is probably a better choice.