Newbie here: need help choosing a HOB skimmer

Of the two you are looking at I would get the Aqua Medic much better skimmer and more versatile.

I have had very good results with my Aqua Medic and would not use any other I have tried many others and believe that the T1000 is the most versatile and best priced considering the Deltec is some thing like $600.00. The Aqua Medic does take a bit to settle down and break in but well worth it. You should get one of the new T1000-blue they are the new model and seem to work well and have a drain hole to hook up a tube so you can drain directly in to a larger container this maybe handy when breaking the skimmer in. Mine pulls really dark black skim you could use for ink if you could get around the smell it would make for a really good Halloween trick on someone take an old style fountain pen fill with skim and give it as a present. LOL warning using this pen will not get you any extra Friends removing the smell is not an option.
I am kind of partial to the Aqua Medic products they have been around along time.
Bill