Tall vs Wiiiiide skimmers

[medican]

Originally Posted by Myanth

Wide or long does not matter, it is the motion in the ocean. Seriously.

The most important aspect to a skimmer is the length of time that the air bubbles stay in contact with the water and the surface area of the bubbles. Two minutes or more and an almost milky consistency being optimal. Therefor the taller skimmer is usually better unless you are using counter-current and are able to virtually stall the bubbles on their way up. As far as the two skimmers mentioned, I don't have any experience with either.

Mike

Right on the money Mike

[Pescador]

I have two Euroreefs (CS8-3 and CS6-3) both are the same height but one is the 8 inch width and one is the 6 inch. They are the same pumps on both. The six inch outperforms the bigger one in amounts of skimmate. But like Albert says I think it depends alot on the pump and the bigger one might be underpowered. They now sell CS8-3 with a two pump option that recircs and probably is longer dwell time which might be a better way to go. But they are great skimmers, no adjusting after its set, just clean the air venturi regularly if you have a calcium reactor or are dosing kalk.

[Buddyboy]

Interesting about the skimmate production Pescador. I'm a bit surprised! I guess it has more to do with the matching of skimmer body size and pump and not necessarily bigger is better.