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01/13/2019, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Protein skimmer for Nuvo 20
Hey guys I’ve only been into the hobby for year now and I started out with a 75 gallon tank. Well with work and life getting in the way I had to take that tank down. With that being said I bought a Nuvo 20 so again I’m new to the nano part as well lol. My tank has been up and running for 6 months or so and my starting to buy more things for the tank. Right now I’m looking for a good quality protein skimmer that will fit in the back chamber of my Nuvo 20, I bought a Hydor Slim Skim but it does not fit so I’m now back to square one.
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01/13/2019, 08:23 PM | #2 |
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Here is the dimensions of my tank
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01/13/2019, 08:25 PM | #3 |
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With modifications the aqua excel pipeless nano skimmer will fit and its a beast.
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01/13/2019, 09:45 PM | #4 |
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Why don't you just get the Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer that's made for the tank? The new one workyea really good and its on MD.com for $140.
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01/13/2019, 11:28 PM | #5 |
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I believe the new model is called the innovative marine nuvo skim. It wasnt available when I set mine up, so I went with an eshopps nano. It fits in the second chamber but it's a close fit
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01/14/2019, 04:55 AM | #6 | |
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01/14/2019, 08:51 AM | #7 |
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I had the original innovative marine nano skimmer and its garbage. I also tried the eshops nano. Its better but not by much. Unless you don't care about a giant skimmer sticking out the top of you tank go with the aquamaxx. But i like the aqua excel
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01/14/2019, 11:34 AM | #8 | |
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01/15/2019, 11:53 AM | #9 |
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I have the new one on order and it should be here tomorrow. I’ll be setting my tank up this weekend but I’ll keep everyone posted on how it works when I get it going
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01/15/2019, 01:02 PM | #10 |
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I had the innovative Marine ghost skimmer on my nuvo 20 it works great never had an issue with it it takes a couple of weeks for it to stop producing microbubbles in the tank but other than that I started skimming right off the bat I never stopped
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Would like to hear what you think.
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01/15/2019, 02:50 PM | #12 | |
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01/15/2019, 05:58 PM | #13 |
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Tunze 9001 fits in the middle return chamber, you will need to go with 2 smaller pumps as opposed to one. I personally removed a baffle between the 1st and 2nd chamber and have it sit there.
Icecap K-1 nano will fit in the 2nd chamber without mods |
01/16/2019, 10:26 PM | #14 |
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Guys awesome feedback!!! Keep it coming I’m still looking into what everyone has suggested. Just trying to narrow it down to the one that best fits my needs and wants lol I also at the same time I’m planning on how I wanna set up my vertex RX-u 2.0 reactor
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01/18/2019, 02:24 PM | #15 |
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weekly water change and stocked refugium. my 10 gallon has been doing great (knock on wood) doing this for over a year. I have an ATO so the salinity is fairly constant and I can knock out a water change in less then 10 min.
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01/19/2019, 08:44 PM | #16 |
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Got the new Nuvo skimmer in. Very well made, fits perfectly in tank, super quite, great from production.
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