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Upgrade Skimmer?

April 26, 2017skimmer upgrade

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Upgrade Skimmer?

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Hi Crew, Looking for your opinion on a line of products you often recommend, the Aqua-C skimmers. I currently have an EV-180 on a 125G mixed reef with a “medium” bioload, around 2 years old, and it’s working fairly well. The tank is healthy, and nuisance algae is pretty much under control. I like the quality of construction and ease of maintenance of the EV series. Based on your experience, would we see a big enough improvement in waste removal by upgrading to an EV-240 to warrant the purchase of the larger skimmer (and new pump)? Would we be able to carry a substantially larger bioload? Can you give me an understanding of benefits we would really gain? Thanks,