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IT closed last month.

not sure how any of these skimmers can be good value, they are all crap. Best to get something decent.

Hard to vote as all the skimmers mentioned are crap. Get a quality skimmer as it will pay for itself in the long run. Most of these cheap skimmers wont skim very well after a few months.

Nothing special about the NLS food, its all great marketing. Been feeding it for 3 months and have not noticed anything special.

it looks like the new zeovit skimmer. zeovit skimmers

I believe the Deltec has an advantage over the ATI skimmer because the water is recirculating so you will get better skimming. With the ati skimmer the water goes in then out so it does not stay in the skimmer as long as the Deltec skimmer. It would be interesting to see a recirculating ati skimmer.

Deltec would be a good choice

IKS is made in germany

i have used a sulphur reactor for over 6 years and found them to work very well, very under rated as they are excellent. have your tested your po4 coming out of the reactor?? i found that it removes po4 also.

Having used t5s for over 5 years i agree with Fauna Marin that T5 tubes will loose a lot of spectrum within 6 months. I have used almost every tube on the market and find that most tubes will use loose the spectrum. When t5s firts came out they were suppose to last 5 years , this was all marketing hype. T5s will run for 2 yrs plus but the big thing is the spectrum loss after 6 months. I find that some SPS corals dont do as well after 8-9 months. I dont see the big deal about the chart anyway as they dont mean much to me and find the best way is to try the bulb out. Has anyone heard of t6 bulbs? i understand these are going to be better than t5s.

how big is your tank?? if using vodka i would start of with 5ml. increase by 1ml a day. test the nitrate after 2 weeks and start reducing dose by 1ml a day once the nitarte starts to drop, dont go over 30ml of vodka. it takes about 4 weeks to get the nitrate to zero.

Air freight is also a big factor. long way to come as we get most stock from indo. Indo is only down the road for you. so lucky. Which LFS did you go to??

any update on these xreef skimmers.

Try Aquanet in New zealand CCG. www.aqua.net.nz

Alkalinity should be high, around 12 dKH or about 4.5 meq/L feedback from hobbyist in germany has shown that KH that high could cause RTN. Why have it that high when the ocean is ony 2.5 meg/l.

all this talk about rowa and contraphos, what about salifert phostphate killer. i have used it for some time and rate it as good as rowaphos.

has anyone used salifert phostphate killer? i think is is as good as rowaphos and cheaper.

i was comparing the tunze 6100 agaist the seio, the tunze seio does work well with a iks computer or the tunze wave controller, the tunze 6100 has a electronic motor that can make waves etc.

i have the tunze 6100, which are fantastic, it runs off my iks computer.

the tunze has a electronic motor so it can be slowed down and pulse . with the seio it is like a normal power head which is not good to turn on and off for wave making , so they dont last as long as the tunze.

i have used a number of skimmers and deltec does seem to be one of the best in terms of quality built and performance. bit pricey

they look good, however you cant pulse them like the stream and they wont last as long. so i think the stream is still a much better product.

It’s funny how everyone says 400w is the way to go. I think it is a myth that you have to have 400w halide to get great colours. There are tests out that confirm that 250w double ended is almost as bright as a 400w halide. Even if you have a tank that is 23 inches deep, who keeps their acros at the bottom; most are at the top of the tank. I have used 400w and did not notice much difference in colours or growth. Most Germans used 250w lamps and their acros look fantastic. I have a friend that uses 150w and his acros are a very nice colour and he gets great growth..

what do you think about 250w double ended bulbs. i have read that the 250w double ended are almost as bright as a 400w single ended.

what about DELTEC , I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST SKIMMER