Jetskim 150 skimmer. Its rated to 260 gallons, I had it on my 75 and my 135. I put it on my friends 200+ gal system when I was between tanks and his skimmer broke. It pulled out about 3 cups like this:
And while curing my rock I pulled this out in about 4 or 5 days:
I had to downgrade my tank size and this skimmer is just too much for a 50 gal. Dimension are about 7 inches wide, but 14 inches with pump long. You can get creative and get the skimmer in a 7*10" area, and put the pump in another area too(did that on my 135) It takes any standard pump(not a mesh/NW) Right now it has a generic 500 gph pump from my cadlights tank. I used to have a eheim 1260 running it. I made a home made skimmer muffler and took out the rigid piping. It went to flexible because it makes the skimmer quieter. Also has a feed for a CA Rx. Also added an elbow and pipe to quiet the water exiting.
Here are some pictures of it set up in a 10 gal tank running(did it for the pictures)
foam head after about 3 min of running:
Asking 200 with pump. Brand new the skimmer was like 800$ The build quality is awesome. As for rating, I would put it at 120 very heavily stocked, 150 heavy 180 medium and 200+ light.
And while curing my rock I pulled this out in about 4 or 5 days:
I had to downgrade my tank size and this skimmer is just too much for a 50 gal. Dimension are about 7 inches wide, but 14 inches with pump long. You can get creative and get the skimmer in a 7*10" area, and put the pump in another area too(did that on my 135) It takes any standard pump(not a mesh/NW) Right now it has a generic 500 gph pump from my cadlights tank. I used to have a eheim 1260 running it. I made a home made skimmer muffler and took out the rigid piping. It went to flexible because it makes the skimmer quieter. Also has a feed for a CA Rx. Also added an elbow and pipe to quiet the water exiting.
Here are some pictures of it set up in a 10 gal tank running(did it for the pictures)
foam head after about 3 min of running:
Asking 200 with pump. Brand new the skimmer was like 800$ The build quality is awesome. As for rating, I would put it at 120 very heavily stocked, 150 heavy 180 medium and 200+ light.
