[jackson6745]

Fred yours is kicking butt! How deep is the water it is in? How much air is each pump sucking?

Quote: Originally Posted by fritz Here's some shots of my ATI BubbleMaster 200 about 3 weeks in. This is 48 hours worth of skimmate.

[Deanos]

Quote: Originally Posted by DEEPWATER

Which ATI do you have? Why are you struggling to produce skimmate in your mature 90 LPS/softie dominated tank with several fish whereas Fritz is pulling 1/3 the skimmer cup in 2 days with a relatively new understocked tank? Can anyone shed some light?

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[Tonyscoots84]

where is that pic of the can of worms ....

Quote: Originally Posted by Deanos Which ATI do you have? Why are you struggling to produce skimmate in your mature 90 LPS/softie dominated tank with several fish whereas Fritz is pulling 1/3 the skimmer cup in 2 days with a relatively new understocked tank? Can anyone shed some light?

I cant say why same thing with the das i had on my main ,Its now on my selling tank ,producing 10x the amount that it was on my main tank
go figure

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[fritz]

It's sitting in 8 inches of water with an Auto Top Off so that depth never changes. I keep the gatevalve all the way open, and there's only one pump! (It's a BM200)
I haven't hooked my air meter up to it yet as I honestly haven't cared what the specs are. With skimmate production like that, what does it matter?

I'm very happy with this skimmer.

I too wonder why Ronen's skimmer(s) don't pull like mine do. All I can figure is that I use less rock and more flow. I also don't keep a DSB. In Ronen's tank I imagine more waste is trapped in his rockwork where it is broken down, whereas in my tank it's skimmed out before it can break down. Deep's DSB counteracts any "nitrate factory" that his rockwork causes ?

Maybe.

[Tonyscoots84]

here are a couple of pics of the bm 250 3 days worth of skimmate and only running for 1 week.... its getting there... herm ur nog will be ready soon...

[jhale]

question

guys with the ati's that have the gate valve mod, how open do you have it set?

Quote: Originally Posted by jhale question guys with the ati's that have the gate valve mod, how open do you have it set?

My skimmer in in 7 to 8 " of water ,gate valve is closed 2 full turns

Quote: It's sitting in 8 inches of water with an Auto Top Off so that depth never changes. I keep the gatevalve all the way open, and there's only one pump! (It's a BM200) I haven't hooked my air meter up to it yet as I honestly haven't cared what the specs are. With skimmate production like that, what does it matter? I'm very happy with this skimmer. I too wonder why Ronen's skimmer(s) don't pull like mine do. All I can figure is that I use less rock and more flow. I also don't keep a DSB. In Ronen's tank I imagine more waste is trapped in his rockwork where it is broken down, whereas in my tank it's skimmed out before it can break down. Deep's DSB counteracts any "nitrate factory" that his rockwork causes ? Maybe.

My tank is too clean for a skimmer jking

Im hoping rich will get to the bottom of this .

Funny thing ,I cleaned out my Das last nite ,and i have more skimmate in there from my selling tanks then the ATI ,this is the same thing that happen with the DAS when it was on the DT =,didntproduce half the skimmate that its producing now thts on the selling tank,

I still can not figure out why .I have 13 fish in my DT ,feed once a day ,i do have 100micron filter bag on the drain at all times

[jhale]

I think I have to raise the water level around the skimmer. I built an eggcrate box for it to sit on top of in the sump. it was too tall so I raised the sump water level. it's now in about 5" of water, and the gate valve is almost shut.

this is what it's done after the first day. sorry for the phone pic, I'm not home and this is taken by the gf.

remember I had it running in a bucket of SW for almost 2 weeks.

chris they are not beckets, but they are looking pretty good