Current USA’s disaster: Fission Nano Skimmer
Posted December 20th, 2007 by Ryan
Current is known for making good products. With smash hits like the Nova Extreme, satellite lighting, and soon to be Solana aquarium, we are used to getting quality products from this beast. However, what needs to be yanked off the market is the Fission Nano Skimmer. The design of this skimmer is poor, and thus it does not skim correctly. Granted it is by far the smallest skimmer on the market and that generally is why they have been selling a few only to be hated. One of the biggest mistakes was naming it part of their “Fission” line of protein skimmers. Their other line of Fission skimmers are actually very good, but by putting it in their with the Fission line, consumers like us are now suspect to the Fission name. Current needs to get a Tunze nano skimmer and study it.
Besides the design, the quality of the plastic is poor and easily breaks. Cannot get replacement parts from the manufacturer. Marine Depot can get some of the parts but will cost as much as the skimmer.
I bought this skimmer for my girlfriends nanotank. It’s a pain in the but to install because the pipe design only allows the power head to sit on it’s side, which is too wide for the filter area in the back of her tank.
After modifying her tank to make it fit, the poor design and function of the skimmer became evident. It’s in several pieces and very fragile, just pulling the cap off the collection cup is enough to make it fall apart.
In addition, it doesn’t seem to actually do any skimming. Bubbles can be seen in the tube, but the skimmer is very sensitive to water level, and nothing really seems to be in the collection cup, even when the water level is just right.