I actually talked to him today , was on the phone for about an hour talking, very kind and answered all my questions, one thing I forgot to ask though, the tank will be in the bedroom, with a open cabinet design for the stand, will the skimmer be very loud ?
My tank is in my bedroom with a open stand and I have a Life Reef Skimmer. It depends on what pump you use as to the noise you will get. I use a Fluval SP6 and my skimmer is silent
ok awesome ! That’s good to hear, I was kinda worried on that one, have you ever had a BK ? Would you say the lifereef definitely skimms better ?
So this is based off an older study but if I recall correctly (and if I’m wrong, someone please correct me) but in reality ALL skimmers perform roughly the same. They are efficient at removing about 30% DOC‘s from the water. I do think the study is from the late 80’s or early 90’s. But regardless, they seem to perform equally regardless of method of removing the DOC. That being said it sort of comes down to ease of operation, cost, and most importantly personal preference.
I ended up going with the life reef skimmer, it was a better price and from what I’ve read about performance from others , it skimmed the same if not better, actually just got notification that the skimmer was shipped , took two weeks to build, also the customer service was excellent
