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Originally Posted by Stones
I think the main benefit to running a cone skimmer is a smoother transition of the bubbles from the main body of the skimmer into the neck. I read through a thread on this topic on RC and the just of it was that not all of the bubbles rising towards the neck in a traditional skimmer make it into the neck due to hitting the "transition" area and popping. However, in a cone skimmer, this problem is avoided due to having no sharp transition from the skimmer body to the neck.
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I run a SWC cone skimmer and it works great, pulls out tons of skimmate, runs quiet, and doesn't use up a ton of power.