I currently have an Eshopps S-200 skimmer (or whatever the comparable model was in late 2015) that's just never performed very well. It's currently in a sump under a 240 FOWLR, and I'm wondering if it's undersized. I constantly battle nitrates even though I only have 5 fish and an eel. Granted the fish are large (22-24" snowflake eel, Emporator and Niger over 6" and puffer and clown trigger close behind with a purple tang bringing up the rear.
I'd like to get a Harlequin tusk or lunar wrasse but don't think I can safely increase the bioload with the skimmer I have now. I also have a large UV, dual rectangular Eshopps socks, a marinepure block and a sump full of Seachem matrix below. Over 100lbs live rock above. I do a 25% water change every 2 weeks.
I'm seriously considering a NYOS Quantum 220 as a replacement. Does anyone have one, and what's the general opinion of them? Height and footprint are a concern.
TIA
I'd like to get a Harlequin tusk or lunar wrasse but don't think I can safely increase the bioload with the skimmer I have now. I also have a large UV, dual rectangular Eshopps socks, a marinepure block and a sump full of Seachem matrix below. Over 100lbs live rock above. I do a 25% water change every 2 weeks.
I'm seriously considering a NYOS Quantum 220 as a replacement. Does anyone have one, and what's the general opinion of them? Height and footprint are a concern.
TIA