How does everyone silence the water exiting their AquaC EV skimmer? I am running an EV240 with a Mag 18. The skimmer is in my sump and the sump water level is right at the bottom of the output pipe. This way the water doesn't have far to fall coming out but it still makes more noise than any other part of my tank. I have tried having the water drain into a shower pouf, and this does help a little, but I'm worried that this could become a nitrate factory. What can I do?
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I am not sure you will be able to replicate this, but I have a 2" section of the perforated durso inlet filter I just stuck the bottom. You could accomplish the same thing with a Tee, with one side up and the other side beneath the water slightly.
Saltwater_Biker
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After getting the mag 7 with the ev180, I was disappointed. I got the mag 9 and kept the water lever at 1/2" above the black box. The results are great!! Love the skimmer.
heatdissipation
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Yeah these skimmers are great for anyone who takes the time to set them up properly. I have the ev1000 and it skims like crazy.
yangabanga
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Hey folks I just started up and cycled my 90 gal tank and got the cleanup crew working. Yesterday put in the first 2 fish so have started up the AquaC EV120. It's hooked up to a mag 7 sitting in my sump.
you guessed it. no foam. I've read this thread and so have tried having the water level about 3/4" above the box. and played with the air valve. no love. blowing into the valve produces nice bubbles so I think everything is clean and good (bought the AquaC used).
help!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=8058&pictureid=54810
you guessed it. no foam. I've read this thread and so have tried having the water level about 3/4" above the box. and played with the air valve. no love. blowing into the valve produces nice bubbles so I think everything is clean and good (bought the AquaC used).
help!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=8058&pictureid=54810
03sonicstang
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What position is the outlet valve in?
heatdissipation
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Are you using the John guest fitting. If not you need to plug it someway. A small piece of tubing sealed at the other end works good.
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yangabanga
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forgive my noobness but not sure where a john guest fitting would go?
it's a little blurry from the pic but the outlet valve opens right into the sump, nothing in between. are you saying to put something in between to partially restrict water flow? I thought that's what adjusting the knob did?
yangabanga
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it's mostly open, about a half turn closed so the water is up about 3/4" inch.
heatdissipation
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It's the little grey hole where a 1/4 inch airline tubing would fit in. I have the ev1000 and it has two of them. I run my bio pellet reactor into them, but to seal yours you just have to take a small airline tubing and seal off one end and stick it in the John guest fitting Best way to seal it is burning the end with a lighter and then squeezing it shut. Hope that makes sense. That hole will draw to much air into it without this and then it won't skim properly.
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yangabanga
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ok so you are saying put some tubing into air inlet #4 on this diagram? the manual says john guest but to me it looks just like a regular threaded hole. or else I'm just not seeing where you speaking of
http://www.proteinskimmer.com/User's Manuals/EV-120.pdf
yangabanga
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ahh ok I found this picture. I do not have the JG fitting.
http://www.aquacave.com/GetImage.as...inAspectRatio=true&maxHeight=300&maxWidth=300
http://www.aquacave.com/GetImage.as...inAspectRatio=true&maxHeight=300&maxWidth=300
heatdissipation
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Hmmmm. Well the best thing to do is set your water level and air intake and let it run for a while. Maybe someone cleaned it with soap or some other cleaner. It should start skimming soon enough.
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yangabanga
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been running for days and no luck. today borrowed some protein skimmed gunk from a friend to test out if the tank was too clean. nothing. really frustrating.
03sonicstang
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Is there anyway you can post a picture of your set up? Have you tried opening the gate valve completely? I've eliminated the gate valve and have a tee of the output with a hole drilled on the top. my 180 skims like crazy! LEt me know...
Saltwater_Biker
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I kind of did it backwards, try this:
1) adjust gate valve open all the way with air valve close. Get the level of water level with top of black box where it meet cylinder
2) open air valve all the way till the bubbles barely meet the bottom of collection cup. Make sure cup drain drains back into the sump. Give it a few days until the foam collection and overflows back to sump.
3) Trim back air valve very little increments until it stops overflowing. Leave it alone and adjust the next day.
Mine took a few weeks to break in. They are very sensitive to oils, maybe he used something to clean skimmer.
Be patient, you will love the skimmer when it starts to work.
Also is you mag 7 connected straight to the pump with no valve restricted it? it should not be one.
yangabanga
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thanks for tips all. I actually put a valve on the input from the mag 7 to lower the flow a bit and that did the trick. otherwise there was no way I could get the water below .5" above the black box. now the water level is just a little below and it's foaming now. saltwater_biker will definitely use your methodology to dial it in from here.
Saltwater_Biker
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just be patient, i was getting frustrated also. Let us know how it is doing.
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