“It's not too bad. For me it's a little since I have it set up in my sump. But hopefully I'll be getting rid of it soon an upgrading to a mini-g”

67% of 9 verified owners recommend the Super Skimmer 65 Gallon (needle-wheel, hang-on/in-sump), based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
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“It's not too bad. For me it's a little since I have it set up in my sump. But hopefully I'll be getting rid of it soon an upgrading to a mini-g”
“this instructions suck”
“I got the 220g works great for my 220 saltwater fish only had a lil leak @ output but repaired it Outstanding skimmer”
“Yea just takecouple days until.sponge gets little dirty so the bubble won't go out,it doesn't happen anymore,unless I clean the sponge.”
“the instructions scuks”
“Tested it with saltwater from my tank and it worked fine (although still pretty tough to get adjusted”
“Although there are some cons of the Coralife Super Skimmer 65, the pros and the feature of it will cover it well.”
“The super skimmer is terrible. I've used it without success. It overflowed more often than I would have liked and was a pain to clean.”
“Its actually very quiet. I have it for my 29 gallon long, but its in my 10 gallon sump. Fits perfect”
“great skimmer, when its working. pump completely gave out of no were after only 3 months of use. last coralife product ill ever buy.”
“I've only had mine for about 3 weeks but it's working good.”
“this skimmer has two inherent problems: Low volume flow (water and air mixture) and too short contact time”
“However it's intolerably loud.”
“I like it. In fact, I just placed an order for another 65 for one of my other tanks.”
“These skimmers are unreliable, Prone to leaking, causing floods, hard to adjust etc.”
“damn that thing's loud”
“For most beginners, I'd recommend the basic and proven 65 gallon Coralife Skimmer.”
“This skimmer works fine, but you need to be a little patient fine tuning it.”
“I have one on the back of my 65g for 4 years now.”
“i have one and it works great.”