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Fishward
01-18-2010, 02:37 AM
Hey all.
got a short stand, about 24 inches clearance inside, are there any brands/models of skimmers that will fit in there and also do the job for a 65 gallon tank?

saltynuts
01-18-2010, 03:02 AM
eshopps 75

Fishward
01-18-2010, 03:25 AM
anyone know a LFS in calgary that carries that? or do you have to order them?

Kryptic4L
01-18-2010, 03:32 AM
the two off the top of my head who carry eshopps supplies are ocean city and peices

Fishward
01-18-2010, 03:35 AM
awesome! thanks!

The Grizz
01-18-2010, 03:37 AM
The eshopps 75 is a HOB skimmer. The best thing to do is go to Wai's, or Ocean City they are close to you and see what they got. You will need one with a short collection cup in order to get it out to clean.

Fishward
01-18-2010, 03:40 AM
The eshopps 75 is a HOB skimmer. The best thing to do is go to Wai's, or Ocean City they are close to you and see what they got. You will need one with a short collection cup in order to get it out to clean.

The online stores have a eshopps 75 INSUMP skimmer.. not sure if anyone has it in stock here.. im gonna go have a look tomorrow and if they dont, ill have to order it.

Anyone here used one b4? whats the performance like? to be honest im not expecting much for $120 new.

any other suggestions? only limitation is the height...

The Grizz
01-18-2010, 03:54 AM
Oh ya I see that now just looked it up. That would work just fine, the eshopps psk-100 might even work depending on how big the cup is.

Fishward
01-18-2010, 04:05 AM
anyone used the "ASM G1 Protein Skimmer"??? looks like it may fit as well, but a bit more expensive

mseepman
01-18-2010, 03:25 PM
I have an Aqua-medic Turboflotor Blue which can be HOB or in sump (I use it in sump) on my 70G and it's only 18.5" tall. I really like it and though I'm not sure who carries it in Calgary (probably Wei's) I got mine from Aquacave.com (they ship to Canada fine) and it's only $179.

I think its a great skimmer for the dough. Set and forget with a very large skimmer cup and really low power usage at only 12W on the meshwheel pump. Pulls a fully cup of skim-mate from my tank every week.

Something else to think about I guess.