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Just curious? I just did some very simple maintenance on mine and it is working great on my 100 gallon. Just call me Kerry. :lol:
i have the 100 model on my 85 gal. 75 lbs. lr, 3 to 4 inch dsb with corals and fish and i like it. i put a "real" needle valve on the air intake so i can fine tune it. i dump out 3/4 of a cup of muck every 2 days or so. like they say everyone has their opinion........
Garry thomas":3mwortl9 said:
From the photo it looks like you have foam at the top of your cup so uou getting something. Take your air tube off and make sure it is clean. Blow through it. If needed ...replace the tube with a new section of tubing. See if this makes a difference. You may not be getting much skimmate because your other filtration in the tank is handling your bioload. Your skimmate will be proprtionate to your bioload. I also remind myself that it is one hell of a airstone. :lol:
It will eventually work, it needs to 'mature'. Mine took about 3 months before it would work properly (150 model). I was just about to scrap it when low and behold, the skim started to become consistent. Yes, most people yell junk and run away screaming but as a low ended skimmer its working fine and I'm getting skimmate...
Also, it will most likely leak at the bottom connection.
You have to mess with the o-ring seal, or apoxy it.
Also, it will most likely leak at the bottom connection.
You have to mess with the o-ring seal, or apoxy it.
I had one once, ripped off the powerhead and threw it away also. Man, that thing made me sooo mad! What a piece of crap! Looking back, I should have kept it and turned into a fluidized reactor, it would have then been useful. You know, it's really mind boggling that as big a company as Aquarium Systems can't design and build a decent skimmer, but they can't! They also make a Visa-Jet skimmer, also garbage. Unreal! For those that can get one to work, God bless you! It's just not worth the trouble to me.
Another thing, since the Sea Clone was my first skimmer, I didn't really understand how much a decent skimmer would skim, until I bought another one.
Before purchasing a different skimmer, I assumed because the Sea Clone would pull out anything, that it was doing a good job.
Before purchasing a different skimmer, I assumed because the Sea Clone would pull out anything, that it was doing a good job.
Also one of my first skimmers, after the Lee's airstone model. I would take a simple CC wooden stone air pump driven skimmer anyday over a seaclone.
I have also had the EV-120 and remora pro from Aqua C, the turboflotor multi 1000, euroreef CS8-3, and a PM bullet 3. After using all those skimmers I have stuck with the bullet, it's IMO the best skimmer I have tried.
I have also had the EV-120 and remora pro from Aqua C, the turboflotor multi 1000, euroreef CS8-3, and a PM bullet 3. After using all those skimmers I have stuck with the bullet, it's IMO the best skimmer I have tried.
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My gosh! I have never paid for a skimmer before. Always DIY'd them and I have been consistently surprised at how easy they are to do. How do you screw that up commercially???
My current DIY skimmer is a 2 foot long, 4 inch diameter CC with two wooden airstones in it. Cost me about $15 to build (though I already had pumps for it). It'll cost me about $4 every six months to replace the wood airstones and that's about it. Produced a nice crop of skimmate until my cycle completed. Up until yesterday I had very few creatures in the tank, so no skimmate for a couple weeks.
My current DIY skimmer is a 2 foot long, 4 inch diameter CC with two wooden airstones in it. Cost me about $15 to build (though I already had pumps for it). It'll cost me about $4 every six months to replace the wood airstones and that's about it. Produced a nice crop of skimmate until my cycle completed. Up until yesterday I had very few creatures in the tank, so no skimmate for a couple weeks.
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