anyone using a skilter?

[Aquattro]

Levi, a good friend of mine used one when they first came out, so I do have personal exposure to them, and no, they do not work well at all. IMO, a seaclone is way better, and we all know how well they work (yes, I owned one of those).

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Levi, a good friend of mine used one when they first came out, so I do have personal exposure to them, and no, they do not work well at all. IMO, a seaclone is way better, and we all know how well they work (yes, I owned one of those).

Oh beleive me I know that Seaclones work about as well as Heath Ledgers sleeping meds. did. I wonder if you could convert this unit into a nice HOB fuge? It looks alot larger than the aquaclear and could be modded fairly easy, for $34.99 its worth a try.

[goldie]

the tank is 33 gallons. My aquaclear just died and I had been meaning to buy a skimmer so I thought this might be perfect, but maybe I might be better off just getting a new aquaclear and a decent skimmer. I found someone selling a used red prizm for $40. Do you think I need an aquaclear with that. I was told in the beginning that I woudn;t even need a filter with live rock...but the idea kinda freaked me out being an old freshy.

[Myka]

An AquaClear is nice on a sumpless system because you can use it to run carbon or GFO. Carbon and GFO don't mix well though because carbon likes high flow and GFO likes slow flow. It's also good for having a sponge in there just to catch particles. BUT, you don't it. I don't have one on my sumpless 33g. Just an AquaC Remora. Don't waste $40 on a Prism skimmer...they suck. If you really want to spend that $40 get an AquaClear and save up your money for an AquaC Remora.

[kwirky]

skilters are like miracle mud. Good theory but they just don't work in practice. I had one and it was real noisy. I did most of the mods on it and it was still noisy and didn't work. I swear I would have had more skimmate with just an airstone in a piece of PVC or something.