Seaclone Skimmer

[sumpfinfishe]

Chad,
How long has that Sea Clone been setup, new skimmers and old skimmers alike need a break-in period weather there just being setup for the first time or if they have just been cleaned. As I mentioned above, if your keeping your water column clean-which it definetly sounds like it with weekly changes, then I would say that it would be hard for any skimmer to clean the water. If I did a 15-20% w/c on my reef every week, then I am pretty sure that I wouldn't need to skim at all-even with a fully stocked tank.

Steve,
I have to disagree with you on this one. Everything I have ever read or experienced with this skimmer has been garbage! After having all the mods and setup right, the thing still only collect about a 1/4inch of skimate in a week. After removing the skimmer I went back to an old ancient Saunders bare bones model that I bought for $5 bucks at a garage sale. That sucker out performed the Sea Clone big time! The Saunders would pull out about half a cup a week-that's 75% more waste removal
I would never use a Sea Clone or a Prizm on an 80gl unless it was a Prizm Pro as these skimmers actually work on bigger tanks, as I have seen four up and running on different setups performing beautifully. As for a regular Prizm, Bakpak, or a Remora, they will out perform a Sea Clone hands down-I have seen this happen more times than I can count on smaller tanks over the last 6 years. Why pay and go through all the head aches of trying to make a piece of junk work alittle, when you can run a model that cost about $50 more that simply plugs in and plays right away!

cheers, Rich

[Jack]

I don't know much about smaller tanks but maybe even if you had a efficent skimmer on the same tank it might only take out the same ammount of skimmate.. or near it. How much sludge can you even take out of a 20 gal tank? Is 1/4 of a cup that bad? I'm just asking.. I've never had a salt tank under 100 gal. I use to use a knop-hang on skimmer on an old FO 115 gal and it wasn't the best skimmer but with an airstone and venturi mod it worked quite well. Make the best out of what you've got.

IMO, I wouldnt spend the cash on a fancy skimmer for a 20 gal. But if you are having cyno maybe an upgrade is in order?

I've seen seaclones and a lot of how to get them working right is just finding the right settings and tweaking it. I have also seen people add limewood airstones to boost the bubble produciton.

I'm just sitting on the fence on this one

[Aquattro]

I don't think it's still running, but Titus had a 20g tank running a Canreef skimmer. I understand it took out a ton of crap, so yes, a 20g can produce lots of skimmate. Maybe Titus can add some info....

[Chad]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I don't think it's still running, but Titus had a 20g tank running a Canreef skimmer. I understand it took out a ton of crap, so yes, a 20g can produce lots of skimmate. Maybe Titus can add some info....

Isn't the canreef skimmer a "in-line" skimmer? unfortunatly I don't think that would work on my current setup.. I was planning on a sump design but now that I got a 100gal.. I am holding out.. I'll do it when I get that puppy going.

Until then.. the 20gal is my main deal.. Actualy as of this moment it is producing some skimmate.. its just barely coming over the edge into the cup.. on occassion but so far as I can tell it is a very light green.

Chad

[Jack]

Ok, good to know Brad. I wasn't sure how much a 20g could produce.

Um Titus had the equipment to run a large tank but on a 20 gal, didn't he?