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beach138
08/25/2011, 05:53 AM
40 Breeder w/ 29gallon sump. Est total volume 50 gallons. I was going to purchase a Bubble Magus NAC6 rated at Capability : 400L-600L (100G-160G)
My dilema now is I am reading that some skimmers can be TOO much and therefore will not function properly. Would I be better to get the models under this one like BM-NAC5 Capability : 300L-500L (80G-135G) or even smaller BM-NAC3+ Capability : 100L-300L(25G-80G)
Please Help and thanks.
kc350twin
08/25/2011, 06:20 AM
It will really depend on your bio-load. In a 40 you prob are not going to have much of a load so I would think that the NAC 3+ will be plenty. I have the nac 3.5 skimmer and it a nice one for the money. I also have a iTech 100 and a ATB Mikro. I like the 3.5 but I am running bio pellets and I have a hefty bio load so I switched to the ATB.


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kc350twin
08/25/2011, 06:27 AM
Here it is on about 50g total.

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Here is the ATB

http://tapatalk.com/mu/c6e4c1c3-3f75-9d2a.jpg

And the iTech

http://tapatalk.com/mu/c6e4c1c3-3faf-bcaa.jpg



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