Beckett & Needlewheel Skimmers Together

[Earth]

Dear All

I'm toying with this idea as due to limited space that I have, I can't put in the biggest beckett to out skim my 3.5ft tank. Currently using a custom made beckett with only 22inches in height. Thought of putting in another needlewheel skimmer to help in the skimming.

Anybody tried this before and does it work? Appreciate your inputs...

[zorden]

add height for your beckett by buying a Extension chamber or SELL it then buy a needlewheel

[stanlyyau]

or you also can do so,just add another skimmer as addivities of your tank,and it also can become a backup skimmer once your beckett are suddenly breakdown.

[Earth]

Bro Zorden: can't have extension due to height limitations. I have measured the space left and the most it can fit in the H&S smallest model skimmer which is for 400L. Will it be better than the beckett?

Bro Stanlyyau: So in your opinion, it is not useful to skim parallel at all?

Anybody else got any experience in this?

[wil_lee76]

hey bro earth,

nice to see you back again.

Just one question for you:

(1) Is your current beckett serving you well? NO3 readings?

[taylapong]

how about adding recirculating needlewheels to the side of the beckett? would that help? hehe.. like a beckett-needlewheel hybrid?

[aquabeAnz]

that would be my dream skimmer, a pity no sponsors willing to do that

[tayhonglee]

how about going for something like bubbleking or something similar? its really short and fat, but performs very well.

[shoelevy]

if i remember correctly, a few mths ago a fellow reefer melvyn ran 2 hns simultaneously...i can't remember what exactly was the outcome but it was along the line of 1 skimmer stopped skimmer while the other collected all the skimmate...do a search on it?

if what i remember is correct then my advice is don't get 2 skimmers cos it'll be quite a waste

cheers

[Earth]

Thanks for all your comments.

Wil_lee76, NO3 reading is 20ppm, so does it mean that the skimmer is working/ not working? My stock quite heavy, got 17 fishes (4 small fishes and the rest medium size)

Shoelevy, read about Melvyn's 2 H&S skimming together, think they work hand-in-hand if I m not wrong... but so far, no one seems to be using a beckett and needlewheel together yet... wonder if the needlewheel will outskim the beckett or vice versa....