New skimmer recommendations

Sca302..."rated" for 180 gallons. I'm sure its not but it'd be plenty for a 75. I'm beyond happy with mine. Dead silent and I have to scrub the cup weekly. Pulls some serious gunk. Plus $150 for brand new one to your door. I also like that the pump is inside of it.

 

I am big fan of the bubble magus line of skimmers.

I like the space saving design, the fact you can disassemble the skimmer in minutes and clean the entire skimmer body with ease, and the price point really cant be beat.

for a 75 gallon tank I feel a bubble magus curve 5 would fit the bill nicely.

 

I was a huge fan of reef octopus, and bubblemagus as well... but to be honest, the BEST pump you can buy is a recirculating pump. That is. one with a pump for water, and one for a pump for air.

They tend to be bulkier, but they also tend to be in or out of sump so there's that. I like the hydor series, personally, but run a combo of that and a injection jet skimmer on my main 40/90 combo

 

You may want to wait for Black Friday to come around before grabbing anything.

Word through the grape-vines is that BRS might be running a 40% off deal on the Vertex Omega skimmers again this year.

 

I'm on the third manufacturer for my skimmers. High price: Reef Dynamics with Eheim pump. Works well and good price: Reef Octopus. I second to wait for black Friday :0)

 

What cant you replace the pump?

 

I was thinking the same thing. I have always seen replacement pumps on coral vue 's site. There is another one that sells octopus replacement pumps but can't remember name right now.
What skimmer do you have? Which skimmer?

 

So or what pump is it?

 

Dang. That sucks. Guess you do need a new one. I have also had good experience with reef octopus skimmers. I am no help in recommending a skimmer for a 75 gallon tank. But I just bought a Int5000 reef octopus for my tank and love it. I have also used the Diablo xs160. And worked great they both worked great. Good luck.

 

Have you tried pulling the pump out and soaking it in vinegar? I've had similar issues in the past and sometimes there is enough calcium build up on the impeller or in the shaft to restrict the spin.

 

I've had a lot of pumps with issues you're describing and everytime a new impeller fixed it. My recommendation would be to buy a new impeller, if that doesnt work you could look at upgrading the pump. I really like the bubble blaster pumps. Even if it isn't a direct fit it should be able to be retro fitted somehow.

I put a sump on my biocube and run the sca-301 skimmer(smaller model than the pic in second post) and am pretty happy. I remember when I was reading up on them they use a very nice pump(atman brand) and don't over charge on the body. They are the same pump bubble magus uses on some of their skimmers. It works pretty good, I paid $60 on sale.

 

It's a bit late to comment but this will be my next skimmer, especially without a doubt if I ever setup a 300. Tony Vargas runs it on his 300 as well.
http://blog.aquanerd.com/2012/09/the-rlss-db10i-skimmer-ditches-the-volute.html

 

I picked up the vertex 180i couple weeks ago and love it. Brs even credited my account for the Black Friday price difference of $190 after I told them how sad I was they went on sale 10 days later. Amazing skimmers and at that price for Black Friday there is nothing that even comes close to their performance. Vertex has made a fan with me.

 

I'm a big fan of Vertex does a very good job and quiet