Skimmer for Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25

armyretired · 01/27/2021, 07:22 AM

Skimmer question for my Peninsula Mini 25. Which one would you prefer?

Tunnel 9001 or IceCap K-1 or something else.

kfisc · 01/29/2021, 12:35 PM

I'd go for the Tunze- it looks like a smaller footprint for your tank. They appear to be about equally rated otherwise.

Antonee · 01/29/2021, 12:59 PM

I run skimmer less but with a fuge on my tank. 14 gallon peninsula with Zoa softies and lps if you want to know how.

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armyretired · 01/29/2021, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonee

I run skimmer less but with a fuge on my tank. 14 gallon peninsula with Zoa softies and lps if you want to know how.

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Would love to know how?

Antonee · 01/29/2021, 09:36 PM

I recommend running a media basket vs a filter sock. I have a sponge and polyester filter floss in the first chamber. I change the filter floss every 4 days but it will depend on your bioload ( I have 4 fish and feed small amounts 3x a day). The sponge gets replaced once a month. In the second chamber I have cheato on a reverse schedule running 6 hours at night. I grow it with a tunze submersible fuge light. I harvest once a month but very little is pulled out and I mostly rinse it out from detritus. Lastly, water changes of 10% every week. Very simple and probably takes no more then 20 min a week for maintenance. Let me know if you need pictures.

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armyretired · 02/01/2021, 06:28 AM

Thank you

01/29/2021, 12:35 PM	#2
kfisc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	I'd go for the Tunze- it looks like a smaller footprint for your tank. They appear to be about equally rated otherwise.

01/29/2021, 12:59 PM	#3
Antonee Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: SoCal Posts: 169	I run skimmer less but with a fuge on my tank. 14 gallon peninsula with Zoa softies and lps if you want to know how. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01/29/2021, 09:36 PM	#5
Antonee Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: SoCal Posts: 169	I recommend running a media basket vs a filter sock. I have a sponge and polyester filter floss in the first chamber. I change the filter floss every 4 days but it will depend on your bioload ( I have 4 fish and feed small amounts 3x a day). The sponge gets replaced once a month. In the second chamber I have cheato on a reverse schedule running 6 hours at night. I grow it with a tunze submersible fuge light. I harvest once a month but very little is pulled out and I mostly rinse it out from detritus. Lastly, water changes of 10% every week. Very simple and probably takes no more then 20 min a week for maintenance. Let me know if you need pictures. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/01/2021, 06:28 AM	#6
armyretired Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Whitesburg, KY Posts: 16	Thank you