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10/22/2020, 12:33 PM | #1 |
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tunze DC skimmer sizing?
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after havind dumped all my reef gear last year after 2 huge dino flagellate outbreaks, i had the opportunity to get back into this hobby again.. so, i did.. i bought a 250 ish gallon tank, and now piecing together all the equipment i need.. so i needed a skimmer, a bubbleking200 was out of my pricerange, and always had great luck with the jebao powered ati powercone's.. turns out, ATI doesnt make them anymore... so now what.. deltec and other A brands are out of my pricerange aswell,, now i had a look at tunze, and can get them pretty affordable.. i was looking at the 9430, it has an insane rating of 900 ish gallons.. i know deltec and bubble magus are over rating their skimmers, and i will run a medium maybe medium/high bioload in the future.. so in short: is a tunze 9430 dc, well suited for a 250g tank? thanks in advance guys, feels good to be back into this hobby again |
10/22/2020, 08:47 PM | #2 |
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Yes, you could even use the 9415 skimmer as well.
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10/25/2020, 09:53 AM | #3 |
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Ordered the dc 9430..
And then it got lost in the mail |
10/25/2020, 06:25 PM | #4 |
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Ugh...
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10/27/2020, 03:10 AM | #5 |
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10/27/2020, 10:00 AM | #6 |
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That’s good to hear. Shame about the lost Tunze. I do think that you’ll be very happy with your Deltec as they are excellent skimmers as well. I’m running a Deltec on my current tank and am quite pleased with it.
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10/28/2020, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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I had a 1455 with the aquabee pump, loved that thing..
Ill pick it ul after work.. Deltec is a solid skimmer.. i wish they would be more honest about tank sizing.. theres no way the 1000i does 250gallons.. maybe with 2 fish. But not realistic |
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