Skimmer Questions

[Ginu]

Originally Posted by hunggi74

I ended up buying the Eheim 1260 pump. From pump to top of the tank is just over 5' so it shouldn't over power the skimmers I'm looking at. I just saw the CAD Lights pipeless skimmer. Anyone have experience with it or with their cone skimmer? I like that its made in the USA. I've seen good reviews from Reefbuilders but I'm not sure how reliable they are...

I was looking at the Cad Lights 1150 I think, and decided they were a bit overpriced so i got myself a BM Curve 7 for a 75g display with a 17g refugium and 15g sump... this skimmer is rated 185-245g running on approximately 100g of water, so its a little overkill but I shall see how it goes. It was shipped to my door for $262

So far its been working great and its pulling out some smelly gunk, but I still somehow have to get it properly dialed in due to water fluctuations in sump

Thinking about purchasing a Elite Aquatics model 2 sump for $299 and replacing my entire sump/refugium which is currently running under my tank.

Edit: I was just looking at the Cad Light pipe-less skimmer and its listed at 174.99 vs 189.99 for the BM Curve5 and honestly I would much rather go with the curve 5 over the cad lights for an extra 15$... that's of-course if you have the space in the sump for a Curve 5