Ok It's BUBBLE KING REVIEW

[Oxymoron]

I did however do a lot of research and 99% of people are happy with their mini's. The ones who aren't all seem to have it sitting in water that flucuates in level. You need to have it sitting in water that the level does not change at all. (a change in level changes the back pressure on the skimmer)

Is there any skimmers that do not fall victim to this and will work well with a fluctuating water level.

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by Oxymoron

Is there any skimmers that do not fall victim to this and will work well with a fluctuating water level.

Sure there are: powerhead fed recirculating skimmers!

But you do have a good point. ALL in sump skimmers (like the BK Minis) will suffer with fluctuating sump levels. It seems that BK Minis are more sensitive to this than most other skimmers perhaps because of the big air they can pull. I strongly suspect that Minis which do poorly are in such fluctuating sumps. Everything from the design of their bubble plates to the big air they pull suggest that they should be awesome performers. The only design criticism of the Minis that one could suggest is that there may be limited contact time for the bubbles before they hit the collection cup because of the pump's location within the skimmer body.

[lastlight]

These need to run in-sump. I don't understand why anyone would build a sump compartment for a skimmer in such a way that the level would fluctuate. We're talking about a single baffle here...

[Pan]

Originally Posted by lastlight

These need to run in-sump. I don't understand why anyone would build a sump compartment for a skimmer in such a way that the level would fluctuate. We're talking about a single baffle here...

[Skimmerking]

OK ITS GOING TO BE A REEF FLO 200 OR a BK MINI 200

[sphelps]

Hey Mike not sure it this is helpful but with your size tank I would spring for a SM 200 or 250 if you're going with a BK, I really don't think the mini will match the performance of your BM250. If you don't spring for it this time I can see you selling the mini a few months down the road and buying a SM anyway, might as well do it now

[StirCrazy]

you could also look at the vertex skimmer, getting good reviews and real afordable.

I can't see the logic on spending $1229 on something when you can get the same results for $355, or if you have the room to put a 30" tall skimmer ytou can get the biggest vertex at 400. which is rated to 250 gal tank

Steve