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Will drilling a second hole in a beckett skimmer suck more air?? Giving it better skimming capabilities??
I dunno if that would work... which beckett do youu have as some beckets have larger intsakes then others, but my understanding is the limiting factor of a becket is the size of the holes on the beckett assembly itself. I think KZ came out with a modified beckett assembly, but am not sure if it is the same size as the ones most american manufacturers use
Well, if you drill it, put a valve on it, so worse case scenario if you do not get any better results you can always close the added hole/valve.
I would imagine with the extra air intake you will also need to increase the water flow rate through the injector.
Which in turn may make the body height too short with the extra foam being created.
In theory that is.
I have the same skimmer MRC-2 w/two becketts....it worked like crap when I first got it , but I modded mine by drilling the holes in the becketts larger and put extenion tubes on the them to increase contact time....it's like a different skimmer now.
I have a 2 beckett mrc2 skimmer it has worked great for me throughout mytrip from 125 to 180 to 300 gallons.. I have a dart pushing the skimmer now and it handles it with no problem.. I use to have a coralife 1100 gph pushing it.. I always felt like this skimmer could probably handle any pump I threw at it.. Now I'm wondering if it might need more air going through it.. The intakes are 1/2in holes that I have taken the valve off when I switched to a dart to run it..
before you drill new holes in the beckett housing look on Rc for the mod that can be done to the beckett itself.
As for a quite pressure rated pump, I am now using a reeflo marlin on my barr 4200, and it is actually a little quieter than my reeflo barracuda, but as I have never used a dart I cannot say how the sound is in comparison.
On a side note i should have just upgraded my mrc as the air intakes on the mrc is designed better than the barr, and the new owners of mrc are very helpful whereas barr sold to austin oceans and they are no longer in business.
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Alex... you around this evening give me a call..
Dom... I'll give him a call..
Mikeyny... love to see a pic and do you have to make the becketts taller when you drill the hole??
Leo...I went with the darty because I can hardly here my tv in my living room now.. The dart was the quietest pump I've ever used.. What is the quietest pressure rated pump..