OMG! Thinking of Getting Remora Skimmers, Need Advice Please

[Beverly]

My setup is a Hagen surface skimmer intake hooked up to a Mag5 up to the Remora through a ball valve to control flow.

fkshiu,

Interesting adaptation. Is this the surface skimmer you're talking about? How well does the skimmer work if there is quite a bit of surface scum? I wouldn't use Remora Pros on my 37g and 67g, only Remoras. Do you think the suface skimmer would fit the Maxi Jet 1200 that comes with these skimmers?

Bev your doing well without skimmers,why fix it if it aint broke?

Quagmire,

I'm not sure if my tanks are running up to snuff. I mean, they could very well be, but I'm wondering if skimmers might not improve them. Honestly, I've got a lot of thinking to do on this issue.

Do you run skimmers on your tanks?

[J Feez]

Hi Bev,

I don't know if this will help at all, but I've been having issues with too many micro bubbles that my skimmer likes to create. So I've decided to switch the actual skimming of my skimmer off (just turning off the air intake), but leave the pump on just for the added airflow. Anyways, the moral of the story is, I will let you know if I see a big difference in my tank without having a "skimmer" on it as I've been running one for the past 4 months.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Do you run skimmers on your tanks?

I have 2 tanks running,one with a small homemade jobby that I want to replace,and one without a skimmer.Both are doing well,but the skimmerless has more hair algea.

[fkshiu]

[quote=Beverly]fkshiu,

Interesting adaptation. Is this the surface skimmer you're talking about? How well does the skimmer work if there is quite a bit of surface scum? I wouldn't use Remora Pros on my 37g and 67g, only Remoras. Do you think the suface skimmer would fit the Maxi Jet 1200 that comes with these skimmers?





Yup. That's the one. I got it to fit on the Mag intake the following way: surface skimmer --> a bit of 1/2" ID hose left over from my Filstar canister --> NPT barb fitting screwed into the Mag intake. It took some time at the hardware store finding the little plumbing bits and pieces, but eventually I got the setup to work.

It probably won't fit on a Maxijet very easily, but upgrading the Remora to a Mag3 and the Remora Pro to a Mag5 is the recommended pump upgrade from AquaC itself. Going from the Maxijet to the Mag in my case showed a marked improvement in performance.

The surface scum is what you're after when you're skimming! That's the organics that the skimmer will pull out before they can break down into nitrate and phosphate. Since that stuff floats to the top like any oily substance in water, your skimmer's intake position should be near the top of the water for maximum efficiency.

[golfbomber]

any other options besides the remora?

[Ruth]

If you want to spend the $ and need a HOB skimmer the Deltec is a great skimmer as well.

[fkshiu]

There's also the CPR Bakpak and the Coralife Superskimmer.

Of course there's the king of the hill: Deltec (if you can afford +$500 for a HOB skimmer). But it's apparently worth every penny.

[hawaiiguy]

clearance for the remora pro is 1 3/4". The regular remora is probably less though... I think it's smaller than the pro version.