Looking to buy a used skimmer

[90gallon4me]

I have a 90 gallon reef tank. My skimmer is for a 55 gallon tank. I need to upgrade skimmers but don't have a lot of money to spend.. do you know of any used skimmers for sale?

 

[mvm]

Price range?

 

[90gallon4me]

under $100

 

[hnguyen]

90GALLON4ME;652684 wrote: under $100

Thats going to be hard to find a good skimmer for that size tank for under $100. Your best bet for now until you get more money to invest into a better skimmer is to do a 20g WC every week while using the skimmer you have now. You'll be amazed at how well a 20% weekly WC works for your tank. I do a 15% WC with my tank weekly with a really good skimmer and my tank parameters are always in check. Good luck.

 

[ichthyoid]

90GALLON4ME;652679 wrote: I have a 90 gallon reef tank. My skimmer is for a 55 gallon tank. I need to upgrade skimmers but don't have a lot of money to spend.. do you know of any used skimmers for sale?

Where will it go, and how much room do you have?

In sump, external or hang-on desired. Is there a footprint or height restriction? Willing to consider anything/all designs, etc.?

 

[cr500_af]

Hnguyen;652690 wrote: Thats going to be hard to find a good skimmer for that size tank for under $100. Your best bet for now until you get more money to invest into a better skimmer is to do a 20g WC every week while using the skimmer you have now. You'll be amazed at how well a 20% weekly WC works for your tank. I do a 15% WC with my tank weekly with a really good skimmer and my tank parameters are always in check. Good luck.

Agreed. IMO $200 can buy you a good skimmer in that size range. I LOVE my SWC Extreme 160 cone on my 90g, but they list around $275... though right after I bought mine I saw the same skimmer for $190-something.

 

[hnguyen]

cr500_af;652701 wrote: Agreed. IMO $200 can buy you a good skimmer in that size range. I LOVE my SWC Extreme 160 cone on my 90g, but they list around $275... though right after I bought mine I saw the same skimmer for $190-something.

Lol. Don't you hate it when that happens? The deals always come around when you've already bought the darn thing.


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[cr500_af]

I didn't even notice that this was a WTB post rather than a "help me choose" post. Since there is already a WTB thread open by the OP, I'm going to close this one. Not deleting yet so that an explanation is visible.