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Old 04-18-2006, 11:44 AM   #508
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Originally Posted by Heinz
jackson posted a link to this thread on RC, thats how i found this thread, after reading trou it i found those pictures of the BK300, it shows a BK that is not adjusted right and not even close to its potential, and i wanted to point this out,

i can't force you to set the skimmer up right,
Heinz, what potential are you talking about? It seems that whenever a BK doesn't perform better than another skimmer people have said its wasn't set it up correctly and basically the users fault. Firstly Cali said he corrected that small thing but even if he hadn't, how would that affect anything when he's only running around 500gph thru it? And exactly how close should they be to get it to work properly, are we talking inches or centimeters or hundreds of an inch or centimeters? The BK doesn't have that many different options and it isn't terribly complicated to understand. And what if you want to run the skimmer with a little bit backpressure to run wet, can you do that or will it not reach its 'potential'?

Futhermore, the bubbles are there and look fine but another skimmer is just doing a better job. Do you have a barr beckett hooked up to your tank along with your BK?
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