help picking a skimmer

[chefsreef]

i have a 125 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump i need a good external skimmer that's good to start ill safe up and get great as i get better in the hobby. hoping to spend like $300.

 

[MikeC]

Reef Octopus
SRO XP2000 RECIRCULATING EXTERNAL PROTEIN SKIMMER
IMOP There is no "when you get better" there is only the skimmer you will eventually buy because you should have got this one the first time lol.

This has been my experience I love this skimmer and it runs circles arownd the ASM G-3 ($300 skimmer) I started with.