Eheim Skim 350 Aquarium Filter

[ejl2529]

Hi. I was thinking about using an Eheim Skim 350 Aquarium Filter/Surface Skimmer for my 32.5 gallon mixed reef tank. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with them because I have seen people's reviews that say that it skimmed their fish? Is that actually something that I would need to worry about with this product? I have a neon dottyback and a scissortail goby (dartfish), both appear to be at or near their max size. Thanks for any help, link for the item below.

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[Big G]

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[Murice]

any word on this? did u purchase it? do u have pictures if so?

 

[ejl2529]

any word on this? did u purchase it? do u have pictures if so?

I did get it. It works perfectly, no issues. It is a lot sleeker than I thought, which is very nice that it takes up so little space.

 

[WereAllNegan]

I did get it. It works perfectly, no issues. It is a lot sleeker than I thought, which is very nice that it takes up so little space.

Do you keep it on all the time? Is there such thing as keeping your water column to clean? I ask because I have one in my lps tank and its extremely efficient at removing particles from the water column but it removes everything. Food particles, algae, fish poop, you name it. It completely strips the water columnm of everything.

If you have an appropriate level of Nitrates and Phosphates, do you still need food particles like Reef Roids, Reef Chilli, Mysys Shrimp floating around in the water column?

If so, the eheim 350 might not be beneficial since running it strips all the food out, ultimately starving your corals right? Am I worrying too much here or does this make sense?

How's everything now?

 

[TheNamthor]

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Do you keep it on all the time? Is there such thing as keeping your water column to clean? I ask because I have one in my lps tank and its extremely efficient at removing particles from the water column but it removes everything. Food particles, algae, fish poop, you name it. It completely strips the water columnm of everything.

If you have an appropriate level of Nitrates and Phosphates, do you still need food particles like Reef Roids, Reef Chilli, Mysys Shrimp floating around in the water column?

If so, the eheim 350 might not be beneficial since running it strips all the food out, ultimately starving your corals right? Am I worrying too much here or does this make sense?

How's everything now?

Did you ever figure this out got a tiny little 10 gallon with two practically baby clowns and they haven't had a skimmer this whole time. Their tank looks nasty and the algea is getting really anoying to pick off but my point is there is a tun of film at the top I usually have to take off with a towel/napkin is this gonna be worth my time or will it kill everything, or maybe the 120 dollars worth of already dying coral is worth killing to keep the clowns healthy or maybe they won't be healthy at all idk help me out here lol

 

[MoshJosh]

Just to clarify, this is not removing nutrient in the way a typical protein skimmer is (possibly not removing them at all if not frequently changing out the filter pad). Not saying it's a bad piece of gear, I own one. But it is basically a powerhead that pulls from the surface. It is causing surface agitation in a way and can certainty help with film building up on the surface, but after that it's just mechanical filtration.

unless you are removing the pad (inside the pump housing) and cleaning the gunk off, you are not exporting nutrients with this skimmer.

Also just to address the OP, fish could absolutely get sucked in, though I think it would be unlikely. The intake sort of floats and can move up and down depending on the water level and there are little "guards" the funnel the water into the pump. . . but after the guards the intake is just a hole, so if a fish makes it over the guards, there is nothing to stop it from getting sucked in. . . again it's probably unlikely.

 

[TheNamthor]

Just to clarify, this is not removing nutrient in the way a typical protein skimmer is (possibly not removing them at all if not frequently changing out the filter pad). Not saying it's a bad piece of gear, I own one. But it is basically a powerhead that pulls from the surface. It is causing surface agitation in a way and can certainty help with film building up on the surface, but after that it's just mechanical filtration.

unless you are removing the pad (inside the pump housing) and cleaning the gunk off, you are not exporting nutrients with this skimmer.

Also just to address the OP, fish could absolutely get sucked in, though I think it would be unlikely. The intake sort of floats and can move up and down depending on the water level and there are little "guards" the funnel the water into the pump. . . but after the guards the intake is just a hole, so if a fish makes it over the guards, there is nothing to stop it from getting sucked in. . . again it's probably unlikely.

Better then nothing I can clean it once a month but at least there is some sort of filtration going on instead of none, otherwise a protein skimmer is $100+ and I don't got cash for that atm

 

[1Clown]

I've used it before. No issues with it harming any livestock. Works great, takes all the scum off of the surface leaving it crystal clear.