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04-11-2006, 09:59 AM
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Jesse, glad you had good meeting, I hear you about driving, it's not easy when you don't know the area, our roads are not always marked the way they should be. I was able to fit the skimmer on the drain side of the sump. I made a box out of eggcrate and zipties to raise it so the skimmer drain is a couple of inches over the water level. If you happen to have any metric fittings you can spare can you throw them in the box? I'm not sure where to find them. I'd like to see the sump, post the shots when you get a chance   | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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04-11-2006, 10:28 AM
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John, what kind of pump does the skimmer use?
__________________ I love skimmers My Tank: 90 Gallon AGA RR, 2 250 Watt MH 10K w/ 2 110Watt Super Actinic VHO 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium w/ DSB in fuge and main tank, Tunze 6060, Seio 1500 , Deltec APF 600 In The works: 356 Gallon Peninsula Tank (76*36*30) |
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04-11-2006, 10:31 AM
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04-11-2006, 01:37 PM
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Jhale, That is good news on the placement. I will be ordering metric tubing and I have t's in my container. What fittings are you looking for? I will get some pics of the sump. On the Elos USA forum at RC I have a thread called "pictures" with a shot or two of the skimmer and sump together. A local guy is picking up the skimmer so I will post some before I meet up with him. Talk to you later. Jesse |
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04-11-2006, 01:43 PM
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Jhale you lucky man you !! Cant wait to see it in action ,i bet rich is on pins and needles and myself ,since im thinking of changing my skimmer again  Jesse ,nice meeting you BTW the Test kits are super easy to use. |
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04-11-2006, 02:19 PM
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cheers Ronen, not so lucky, more like broke  Jesse I need a 90 elbow to direct the water down. the output is about 4" from the side of the stand and the water is splashing drops up onto the wood. It won't last long like that. I will be putting some plexi in place, but I would like the option to direct the water if needed. I opened the air valve this morning, there is now a nice column of thick cappuccino colored foam at the top of the cup. the bubbles are about 6" from the bottom of the skimmer, before they reached all the way down. Is this normal as the skimmer breaks in? |
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04-11-2006, 02:22 PM
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This is Jackson (I'm at Daves house) Jon, please post pics damn it. I'm shaking over here 
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04-11-2006, 02:37 PM
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Jhale, I have a tee I can send you that will work better than a 90. When I got mine I didn't have any fittings so I took a threaded 1 1/4" fitting and a 90 to make a 90 but I like the tees in case the water level moves and covers the outlet. A threaded 1 1/4 fitting will need to be sanded down a little to fit snug in the skimmer. On my skimmer I would say it is about 4-6 inches from the bottom. When I do a water change it gets right near the bottom. Sounds like you are broken in. The manual says 1-5 cms from the bottom and they are referring to any bubbles, not the thick column that we are talking about, so I think this is normal. Jesse Last edited by elosusa; 04-11-2006 at 02:42 PM. |
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04-11-2006, 04:52 PM
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| Life is good  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 5 Mins from GWB. Bergen County/ Ewing- UMDNJ
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okay...my skimmer on my nc6...after 1 hour of skimming..i gravel vac this tank once a week...how the hell do i get skimate like this...i do water changes 1 a week also? the tank is bb |
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