Help me choose a skimmer

Hello! Even if unfortunately I don't understand French ,google translator has become pretty good and Chrome (browser) translates the whole forum in any language. As long as you understand me you can respond in French or English however English is more clear for me.

I am looking for help in choosing a skimmer considering my particularities. I did not have a skimmer before so I lack the practical know-how in this area.

I am looking for a very silent skimmer ( less then 45 db at 1 m away) that can fit in my sump compartments (Compartment A1 19.5 cm x 30 cm - first one and my choice location and Compartment A2 21 cm x 25.5 cm - the second ,the next chamber is the return pump chamber ). I plan to use the skimmer with ozone down the line (I know I need carbon on skimmer water and air out).

My current candidate is RE Mini Bubble King 160 with Red Dragon 6 DC(25.5 cm x 18 cm) but it has a few disadvantages for me . It's painfully expensive , think it is dangerously oversized for my tank (remember ,the tank has around 170l) and it barely fits my chamber A1 ( not ideal I imagine as flow in the chamber gets really weird and also hard to put carbon on the output - when ozone..

My second option would be the Nyos 120 (15 cm x 21cm) but not everyone is happy with the noise level and noise is very important for me. The last thing I want is to buy a skimmer and then to conclude I need to buy a more silent one. Did not find a Nyos user near me to check it out myself.

Thanks !

MasterBlaster a écrit:My second option would be the Nyos 120 (15 cm x 21cm) but not everyone is happy with the noise level and noise is very important for me. The last thing I want is to buy a skimmer and then to conclude I need to buy a more silent one. Did not find a Nyos user near me to check it out myself.
Thanks !

Hey,

I can consider only the Nyos 120, I have it since the begininng of my tank (more than 1,5 years).

The noise level is very low. I can't compare with the BBK because I never heard this one, but the Nyos is a silenced Skimmer.

In my setup, I cannot hear the Skimmer, I have a Tunze Silence .040 and two Tunze 6040.

You can have a look to other brands like Red Sea too.

As you know, the reference is the BBK, but as you mentionned it's very expansive.

Maybe wait for other comments ...

Hope it helps ;)