markster33139
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I think it will be just fine with the mag 9.5/injector upgrade. I am using the same on my 150g no issues almost a year now.
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Clownin Aroun
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I am currently using a coral life 125 skimmer so anything would be an upgrade almost but if i am going to spend the money i would like to do it once and keep it for a long time.
A Mag 12 is overkill. If you ran a Mag 12 would would have to adjust your flow rate, plus your spending more money then you should.
I run my EV-180 on a Mag 9.5 with a 1" injector valve, works just great.
Randy
Clownin Aroun
YouTube name- KNGRNGS
How long of a hose are you running from the mag 9.5 to the aquac?
muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
Just wanted to get subscribed so I could watch this thread, EV120 owner with a mag 5 here, working great for the year I have had it.
Needing advice
Needing advice
I have a 55 gallon tank, with a 15 gallon sump, was running a rio 2500 for almost 1 year with 4 foot 3/4 inch tubing to my aqua c ev 180, which is out side my sump, just recently upgraded to mag 9.5, waiting on the 1 inch injector which I ordered today, took off the gate valve completely and put in a 1inch by 1-1/4 plastic PVC thing, made a T and drilled a quarter inch hole on top, so no gurgling sound and it's running smooth for now. My question is do I open the air valve immediately and set the water line where the black box meets the cylinder or open it very very slightly every few hours? I see the bubbles in the white cylinder about 2 inches high, but don't see the water level line yet,that's the line which I have read on here that has to be where the black box meets the cylinder. Suggestions please, will post pics if someone can get a better idea of what I am talking about.
Needing advice
I have a 55 gallon tank, with a 15 gallon sump, was running a rio 2500 for almost 1 year with 4 foot 3/4 inch tubing to my aqua c ev 180, which is out side my sump, just recently upgraded to mag 9.5, waiting on the 1 inch injector which I ordered today, took off the gate valve completely and put in a 1inch by 1-1/4 plastic PVC thing, made a T and drilled a quarter inch hole on top, so no gurgling sound and it's running smooth for now. My question is do I open the air valve immediately and set the water line where the black box meets the cylinder or open it very very slightly every few hours? I see the bubbles in the white cylinder about 2 inches high, but don't see the water level line yet,that's the line which I have read on here that has to be where the black box meets the cylinder. Suggestions please, will post pics if someone can get a better idea of what I am talking about.
Anyone!!!!!
Anyone!!!!!
so i read the entire 80 plus pages of the aqua c forum.
this is what i did, my aqua c ev 180 is outside of the sump on a stand, just switched over to a mag 9.5, its connected to the skimmer with a 3/4 inch hose, which is 4 feet in length, ordered the 1 inch injector a few days ago, should be getting it soon, took off the red gate valve completely, used a 1 inch thread with a 1 and quarter inch slip pvc, about 5 inches in length, then connected a T also 1 quarter inch, put a pvc on top with a cap with a 1/4 inch drilled hole in it, to let air in and out, the bottom of the T is submerged in the sump about 6 inches, so no gurgling or back siphon, cause i made the 1/4 inch on top of the T. turned on the pump, had the air valve completely closed, the water settled right where the black box meets the riser tube, remember i took the gate valve completely off, slowly opened the air valve, and i mean very very slowly, until i saw some bubbles appear, left it like that for an hour or so, did the same thing again, slowly very slowly opened the air valve a bit again, waited another hour. and so on and so forth, i got it dialed in at a point where it was skimming very good, and foam was being collected in the cup, i got this in about a 24 hour period, of very slowly opening the air valve, fed the tank this morning, only pellet food, sorry if that is spelled wrong, the foam collapsed, which is a given, waited 3 hours and nothing was happening, i looked at the foam and it looked like rapid boiling water, big bubbles and nothing more, waited another 2 hours, nothing happened, same big bubbles, turned the air valve off again and repeated the whole slowly opening the air valve thing again, got it back to where i had it before i fed my tank, my question is do i have to this every time i fedd? i have read on here where people say once you set it, you are good to go, but it didn't happen for me, i had to reset it again, since i wasn't getting the same bubbles, what am i doing wrong? should i set it to where i like it, and leave it there for a 2 or so days, with out feeding the fish and not touching the tank at all. i really don't wanna feed the tank, and reset the whole skimmer again and again, that be a pain. if you guys like i can attach pics, on how it is working before and after feeding, and o yea, the skim i was collecting is dark green and nasty. looking forward to your suggestions, thanks everyone.
Anyone!!!!!
so i read the entire 80 plus pages of the aqua c forum.
this is what i did, my aqua c ev 180 is outside of the sump on a stand, just switched over to a mag 9.5, its connected to the skimmer with a 3/4 inch hose, which is 4 feet in length, ordered the 1 inch injector a few days ago, should be getting it soon, took off the red gate valve completely, used a 1 inch thread with a 1 and quarter inch slip pvc, about 5 inches in length, then connected a T also 1 quarter inch, put a pvc on top with a cap with a 1/4 inch drilled hole in it, to let air in and out, the bottom of the T is submerged in the sump about 6 inches, so no gurgling or back siphon, cause i made the 1/4 inch on top of the T. turned on the pump, had the air valve completely closed, the water settled right where the black box meets the riser tube, remember i took the gate valve completely off, slowly opened the air valve, and i mean very very slowly, until i saw some bubbles appear, left it like that for an hour or so, did the same thing again, slowly very slowly opened the air valve a bit again, waited another hour. and so on and so forth, i got it dialed in at a point where it was skimming very good, and foam was being collected in the cup, i got this in about a 24 hour period, of very slowly opening the air valve, fed the tank this morning, only pellet food, sorry if that is spelled wrong, the foam collapsed, which is a given, waited 3 hours and nothing was happening, i looked at the foam and it looked like rapid boiling water, big bubbles and nothing more, waited another 2 hours, nothing happened, same big bubbles, turned the air valve off again and repeated the whole slowly opening the air valve thing again, got it back to where i had it before i fed my tank, my question is do i have to this every time i fedd? i have read on here where people say once you set it, you are good to go, but it didn't happen for me, i had to reset it again, since i wasn't getting the same bubbles, what am i doing wrong? should i set it to where i like it, and leave it there for a 2 or so days, with out feeding the fish and not touching the tank at all. i really don't wanna feed the tank, and reset the whole skimmer again and again, that be a pain. if you guys like i can attach pics, on how it is working before and after feeding, and o yea, the skim i was collecting is dark green and nasty. looking forward to your suggestions, thanks everyone.
fatoldsun
New member
Running a 1" upgrade off a 3/4" Mag
I just borrowed a 180 EV from a friend - his upgrade out grew the skimmer. I picked up a 9.5 and ordered the 1" injector. What have people done to go from the Mag 9.5 which is 3/4" to the 1" upgrade? I got a 3/4" female to barb adapter and the a 3/4" to 1" barb coupler with a small piece of 3/4" hose connecting. Just seems that there are unnecessary extra restrictions. Anyone have luck with modding or finding something off the shelf? Thanks!
I just borrowed a 180 EV from a friend - his upgrade out grew the skimmer. I picked up a 9.5 and ordered the 1" injector. What have people done to go from the Mag 9.5 which is 3/4" to the 1" upgrade? I got a 3/4" female to barb adapter and the a 3/4" to 1" barb coupler with a small piece of 3/4" hose connecting. Just seems that there are unnecessary extra restrictions. Anyone have luck with modding or finding something off the shelf? Thanks!
cas1069
New member
pvc 3/4 thred female to 1 male slip works i might be off on the thred size but thats what i did for one of my mag pumps
fatoldsun
New member
not sure I follow - did you just use a 3/4 female thread coupler and a 3/4x1 coupler and then glue in a small piece of 1" pipe to run the hose to? why do I feel like I'm over complicating this?
cas1069
New member
i got a threded female that i connected to the pump that had a 1" slip on the other end from that you can add pipe if you want or a hose fitting or just heat the hose and slip it over the fitting and add clamp. you may want to take your pump to a plumbing/hardware store and find what your looking for
Tat2demon
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They cant really be taken apart but the tube is easily cleanable with a brush. I use a bottle brush. For the inside of the chamber you could turn it upside down and spray it out with a hose if you have anything collecting in the bottom.
The Avast Swabbie comes is many sizes. You just need to measure the neck diameter and get the corresponding swabbie. You can call Avast to make sure its the correct one.
Tat2demon
New member
I just joined the club this week. I picked up a used EV 400 and Blueline 55 for my 240.
This thing is a skimming beast. It had no break in time and had a full tower of thick foam about 20 minutes after the first start up.
The only thing I didnt like about it was the noise of the water mixing and how loud the air intake was. I built a silencer for it right away so the intake is taken care of.
This is about 10 minutes after the first start up-
I just fed the tank and killed the foam so pay no attention to that. Silencer -
This thing is a skimming beast. It had no break in time and had a full tower of thick foam about 20 minutes after the first start up.
The only thing I didnt like about it was the noise of the water mixing and how loud the air intake was. I built a silencer for it right away so the intake is taken care of.
This is about 10 minutes after the first start up-
I just fed the tank and killed the foam so pay no attention to that. Silencer -
GeorgeMonnatJr
New member
I've got a 125 gal w/ 33 gal sump that's a few months old with a relatively light bioload, and I added an EV-180 with a Mag 9.5 three days ago. I didn't think I needed it yet, but I wanted to prepare for getting coral in a 3-4 more months. Either I've got the worst nutrient load for a reef tank, or the EV-180 is awesome. I didn't need to do much tweaking other than adding a ball valve to the 9.5, and it's been skimming like crazy.
My temporary collection "bucket" is 5L, so that's a lot more skimmate than I expected in the first 49 hours of setting up and running the skimmer! Man my tank must have been nasty (although water parameters are good, no algae problems and no deaths, including turbo snails, ornamental shrimp and BTA).
My temporary collection "bucket" is 5L, so that's a lot more skimmate than I expected in the first 49 hours of setting up and running the skimmer! Man my tank must have been nasty (although water parameters are good, no algae problems and no deaths, including turbo snails, ornamental shrimp and BTA).
jjcancel
Member
Hello I joined the AquaC club but no good results so far!!!
I have the EV-120 with a mag 7 pump outside my sump. Air valve is fully open also the water valve fully open it seems the water level in the EV is where is suppose to be. Everything looks like it should. I have spoke with Steve @ AquaC and he is been great he has always answer my emails and phone. But he is as puzzle as I am is been a little over 2 weeks and i get no foam forming at all on the foam tower. Any help will be appreciated here is a like of the video of what is currently doing. BTW I have check and cleaned the injector, air valve and the ozone valve is sealed. I got this skimmer used and when I got it, it was very clean. I installed and after 2 days its skimmed i guess pretty well for3 days then its stopped and has never skimmed again.
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2hL1KQmhYWs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/2hL1KQmhYWs
My tanks is a 120g tall over 150lbs of live rock some corals and
2 yellow tang (med)
1 sailfin tang (large)
3 clown fish
1 cardinal
1 fox face (med)
3 anemones
On my sump I have:
phosphate reactor
carbon reactor
my water parameters are
Temp 79
NO3:10
NO2: 0
PH 8.3
Ca:480
Phosphates 0.5
I have the EV-120 with a mag 7 pump outside my sump. Air valve is fully open also the water valve fully open it seems the water level in the EV is where is suppose to be. Everything looks like it should. I have spoke with Steve @ AquaC and he is been great he has always answer my emails and phone. But he is as puzzle as I am is been a little over 2 weeks and i get no foam forming at all on the foam tower. Any help will be appreciated here is a like of the video of what is currently doing. BTW I have check and cleaned the injector, air valve and the ozone valve is sealed. I got this skimmer used and when I got it, it was very clean. I installed and after 2 days its skimmed i guess pretty well for3 days then its stopped and has never skimmed again.
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2hL1KQmhYWs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/2hL1KQmhYWs
My tanks is a 120g tall over 150lbs of live rock some corals and
2 yellow tang (med)
1 sailfin tang (large)
3 clown fish
1 cardinal
1 fox face (med)
3 anemones
On my sump I have:
phosphate reactor
carbon reactor
my water parameters are
Temp 79
NO3:10
NO2: 0
PH 8.3
Ca:480
Phosphates 0.5
RotaryGeek
New member
Anybody using a mag12 on an EV-180?
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