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bently23
04/01/2010, 01:24 PM
hey guys i have a 14 gallon tank with 10 gallon sump and its time for a new skimmer just wondering what everyone recommended right now i have a current fission skimmer and i am not happy with it at all
Freguz
04/01/2010, 02:04 PM
I will set up my sump now for my 12g tank, and I have purchased the Tunze 9002, heard people seems to like it
fishsince3
04/01/2010, 02:25 PM
I will set up my sump now for my 12g tank, and I have purchased the Tunze 9002, heard people seems to like it

+1 on the tunze, i run skimmerless on my sps 14g but i do 50% WC a week. when i was looking for a skimmer though the tunze was one of my top prospective buys
nvdiz
04/01/2010, 03:10 PM
I used to have a sapphire for my nanocube, but since it stopped producing foam i ditched it and bought a tunze 9002. The tunze produces more foam than the sapphire even when the air valve (tuner thing) is almost fully closed. I like it a lot.
bently23
04/01/2010, 03:16 PM
haha ok thanks guys looks like im looking into the tunze 3 out of 3 aint bad
ILLiDaN
04/01/2010, 03:17 PM
mce600
bently23
04/01/2010, 03:20 PM
do i need to buy a seperate pump for the tunze?
Freguz
04/01/2010, 03:37 PM
Nope

http://www.tunze.com/149.html?&L=1&C=SE&user_tunzeprod_pi1 see DOC skimmers


http://www.tunze.com/typo3temp/pics/8afe1c08c5.jpg
mullinsd2
04/01/2010, 08:10 PM
50 percent? Seems like a lot.
inTankLLC
04/01/2010, 08:49 PM
you could do 100% if you wanted if the perams matched. Water is water, your biofilter is the rock
mr9iron
04/01/2010, 09:28 PM
Warner Marine H1
mullinsd2
04/01/2010, 09:30 PM
So a 50 percent water change is better than a 20 percent weekly? I understand the idea behind it since it's a nano but it seems like it would be a waste in a larger aquarium without a skimmer.
jpruitt
04/02/2010, 09:35 AM
I would never do anymore than a 25% in a tank. To much stress. But that's just me. I run a euro reef rs80 on my 34 gallon. A little overkill but my sps do great.
Nemo Niblets
04/02/2010, 04:03 PM
With a 14 gallon nano, a Tunze 9002 DOC is more than enough. I have the WM H1 and it would be a waste on a 14 gallon.
Sinful Aquatics
04/02/2010, 05:12 PM
Tunze is good but since it's only 14 gal I would just do frequent water changes
Uncle Luke
04/03/2010, 06:16 AM
Deltec MCE300
myrchandle
04/03/2010, 01:16 PM
+1 on the Tunze however water changes would do you right as well... Esp with a 14g.