Filter is not working very good

Pieman2027 · Mar 29, 2013

It's a 15 gallon tank with 5kg of rock hob filter and 1 power head and thinking to get a Skimmer don't know what kind should I get and was thinking to replace my hob filter what's a good one to get

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skinz78 · Mar 30, 2013

Try the Eshopps HOB skimmer, I've heard great reviews on them.

Dave3112 · Mar 30, 2013

AquaC makes a great HOB skimmer too. I had the Remora on an old tank and loved it.

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sucker_fish · Mar 30, 2013

In my opinion i would definitely replace the hob filter with a good skimmer, i have used both the aqua c remora and the tunze nano skimmer 9002 and like them both.

Pieman2027 · Mar 30, 2013

For a 15 gallon tank How big of a skimmer

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fragmatic · Mar 30, 2013

Any skimmer is better than none, go for one rated for a larger tank and you will never worry about polluting your tank with protein.

However, part of your problem is not having enough live rock. Live rock IS your filter in a reef... I suggest you work on increasing it to over 1 pound per gallon.

Here is an example: I have a 90 .. in a simple answer... I feed really heavy... I have lots of live rock. My tank is cleaner now that I feed heavy than it was when I fed light. Why, the live rock now is loaded with bacteria. My skimmer produces far less skimmate than it did when I was feeding lite. (warning: don't feed heavy unless you have plenty of live rock and work up the food volume in very tiny increments)

I say this often and I say it again... The magic is in that old live rock!

Reefing Madness · Mar 30, 2013

Warner Marine Research Hang On Protein Skimmers H1 and H2 - Salty Critter

dcfluegel · Mar 30, 2013

would definitely encourage the skimmer - currently using a coralife 125 on our 75g tank and it works like a champ... I have heard some good things about the tunze nano skimmer as well....