Tunze Skimmers

[jhutto]

Been following the discussion on Octopus, Vertex, MRC and other skimmers but no one ever talks about Tunze skimmers. Anybody use any of the higher ended Tunze skimmers? I see where several members use the Tunze Nano but no reviews or comments on the larger Tunze skimmers. Why is that?
They take a small foot print in the sump and appear to be good but may not be the latest hyped product. Any thoughts?
I am sure there are several camps out there that have some opinions.

 

[jeffh]

I use a square body Tunze 9010 skimmer on my 58 gallon tank. It does a good job and I know of people successfully using them on larger tanks. I'm happy enough with it and while it does work well....it does require a fair amount of maintenance. I find myself cleaning it every 1-2 months to keep it's performance up. Production decreases quickly once it starts getting dirty. It is a small package, so putting it back together can be tricky....the first time I took it apart and cleaned it, it took me a long time to figure out how to put it back together....I suppose this is the double edged sword of engineering a skimmer in a small package.

Afraid I don't have any experience with the round body Tunze skimmers.