Skimmer for reefer nano

[Cheddah93]

Looking for suggestions for a skimmer for a reefer nano, has a 28g capacity minus a little for rock and sand.

was looking at a reef octopus 110sss but thinking it might be a little too big.

I then stumbled upon the coral box d300+ skimmer which seems it would better suit what I need just curious if anyone has one and what their experience with them is.

Anything else you guys would recommend over those? Looking to purchase hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

 

[candykid]

I'm running a tunze 9004 on my nuvo and it pulls out alot of stuff

 

[afboundguy]

I've read a ton of nice things on the Tunze 9000's and if I had the money I'd jump on one of those. I currently have a BH-50 skimmer that is rated for 60 gallons (30 heavy bioload) and my tank is only 25ish gallons but I feed the crap out of it lately and it works well. My only issue is it mounts inside the tank and it's red/orange so it's not aesthetically pleasing like some of the sleeker black nano skimmers like the Tunze 9004...

 

[afboundguy]

If you do go for the Tunze 9004 spend the extra money on the DC version it would be well worth the $40-$50 extra bucks...

 

[Cheddah93]

Nice part about this tank is having a sump which expanded my options a bit, but I’ll take a look at those

 

[coralfishreef]

If you do go for the Tunze 9004 spend the extra money on the DC version it would be well worth the $40-$50 extra bucks...

My experience with skimmers in nano tanks has not been great, but that is mainly because I don’t use ATOs on small tanks.

My IM20 has a skimmer but it is turned off and has been off for some time. The IM skimmer is not good. I don’t recommend the IM skimmers. However, I feed light in that tank and the last time I tested Nitrates and Phosphates were undetectable.

If you use a skimmer you’ll probably need an ATO as well, but you may not need a skimmer at all. Also, skimmers on AIO tanks are pretty loud. I used to run them on a timer only at night or at work.

Something else to consider is a DIY algae turf scrubber. I ran one on a Biocube and it worked great.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

I run a Tunze dc 9004 on my 29 biocube. Skimmer is amazing.

 

[coralfishreef]

I run a Tunze dc 9004 on my 29 biocube. Skimmer is amazing.

DC skimmers are amazing. Well worth an extra $40 - $50 IMO.

The small Tunze skimmers worked pretty well before. Would’ve loved a DC version many years ago.

 

[Mccune]

I am running a eshopps nano skimmer on my Waterbox 20 cube. Thing is a beast pulling out tons of nasty skimate