Would a CPR Aquatic Bak Pak 2R+ be too powerful for a ten gallon reef tank with a couple of fish and some inverts? And just in general, is it a good skimmer?
Too strong for a 10 gallon?
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Well, ya, it would be considered overkill, but there really isn't such a thing as too much filtration so it can't hurt. Seen someone else put a Remora skimmer on a 10G, which again is overkill but can't hurt anything.
Always heard good reviews on that skimmer, but no personal experience so can't really comment myself.
Always heard good reviews on that skimmer, but no personal experience so can't really comment myself.
I use the Bak Pak, both the single 2R+ and the dual 2R+, very simple set-up, very easy to maintain, I highly recommend it. If you go with the Bak Pak I would also highly recommend the pre-skimmer, although a 10 gallon might not give you enough room to use the pre-skimmer. Either way, I think it's a great product for the price.
So the filter won't shove the fish and stuff around in the tank?
I'm having a hard time figuring all this out.
I'm having a hard time figuring all this out.
Fishieness has that Deltec MCE600 on his 10g, which is rated for up to 100g (liberal). I have the APF600 on my 40, which is rated for 150g (also liberal).
i use the bakpak and it has a 2 inch outlet for the output it just gravity flow out not real hard but you can put a hose like thing into the outlet to direct it around plus the output can twist around where you want it,.. it isn't pushed out by force the inlet is by pump and out let is by gravity out flow i don't thing it will harm anything as said you can move it to the side of the tank and turn the outlet to the side and have it run on top of a rock or what ever,..
Yeah. The skimmer's power isn't always the amount of flow it can push. A lot of the water that it would flow in (I believe there are 2 300 gph powerheads on there?) are going to be air too, so that will lessen the flow even more.
Skimmer ratings also don't really mean ANYTHING either. Each brand is entirely different. Seaclone's 150 would not be worth the money to put even on a 10 or 20 gallon, IMO. Yet Amph's skimmer that he mentioned is rated for the same thing and will kick the pants off of almost any skimmer the same size.
That's not overkill at all. For a HOB on a 10 gallon, it wouldn't be too bad for the money, either.
I'm a huge fan of over-skimming.... And I'm trying to realize that not everyone wants as much as I do.
Skimmer ratings also don't really mean ANYTHING either. Each brand is entirely different. Seaclone's 150 would not be worth the money to put even on a 10 or 20 gallon, IMO. Yet Amph's skimmer that he mentioned is rated for the same thing and will kick the pants off of almost any skimmer the same size.
That's not overkill at all. For a HOB on a 10 gallon, it wouldn't be too bad for the money, either.
I'm a huge fan of over-skimming.... And I'm trying to realize that not everyone wants as much as I do.
Do I even need a filter if I'm going to be using a skimmer? Doesn't the skinner provide the mechanical filtration? I'm going to get live rock also, so that would provide the biological? And chemical isn't really important in an established tank, right?