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[MatthewLaw]

thanks for your response. did you need to clean the round clear cylinder a lot too?

 

[sabbath]

thanks for your response. did you need to clean the round clear cylinder a lot too?

I did not clean the cylinder below where you remove the cup unless it looked really bad. This was maybe once a month or so. I cleaned the cup every time I emptied it. This did help it produce more for me

 

[tmgrash]

I love my ev240 on my 240 gal tank. My question is does everyones "foam tower" collapse everytime you even dip your finger in the tank? I have had other skimmers that did not collapse the foam after doing anykind of maintenance, this one however is another story takes about a day to rebuild the foam. On the other had this skimmer is very efficient, its pretty much overskimming. I know this because it will skim evverything out in one or two days after adding a big bio load, then back to the "light green" skimmate.

 

[MatthewLaw]

the foam tower on my ev-120 DOES collapse if i just dip my finger in. therefore if i choose to put my finger in, i might as well put my hand in and do all necessary tank maintenance at that time. the foam head usually reappears a few hours later.

interestingly, the foam tower on my aqua c remora pro DOES NOT disappear under any circumstance!!

 

[chuckreef]

I've been messing with a ev 240 a lot. To respond to fishing guy above, I did run it on a 55 and then a 100 and then a 240. It was never too much skimmer. My corals in the 55 grew out of the tank vertically and most had to be hacked out of the tank laterally too. (I have my 240 back on the 100 gal. now.) In my experiance, its not too much skimmer except for the amount of watts it uses.

On all tanks (and with three different pumps) it does "collpase" when you touch the tank or feed it. And, it takes a good amount of time to come back up after messing with the tank. Similarly, it takes a lot of time after adjusting the skimmer (even just a slight tweak on thre valve) to see what you've really done. For me, this is just one slight negative aspect of this otherwise great skimmer.

For MatthewLaw, I've found when you have too small a pump (i.e., specifically, low of a max head pressure) you have to clean the skimmer tube often and the collection cup does not get much gunk. If you are experienceing this (alwyas skimming baby **** in the riser tube and the cuip is empty), then your skimmer is actually not working and you need to step up to a higher pressure pump. Trust me its worth it - Its like a whole new experience in skimming when an AQUA C skimmer actually skims into its collection cup and you almost never have to clean the riser tube!!! A mag 18 was too little pump for my 240, so I suspect the mag 9.5 is too small a pump (not enough head pressure) for your skimmer.

 

[RedTC]

I have an EV-120 with a QuietOne 3000 pump. It is rated at 780 gph with a max hh of 10.50 ft. Has anyone used this combination? It is running on a 75g med stocked tank and never seems to pull much out, maybe a couple tablespoons a day. I have adjusted/messed around with it for a while to try and get producing more but nothing seems to help all that much. Anyone have advice on how to get it to perform better?

 

[MatthewLaw]

thanks for the help chuckreef. i am getting a good amount of foam head out of the skimmer cup as well as is in the clear cylinder. i chose to increase the height of the water column in the clear skimming cup so i am receiving a wetter skim. so basically now the foam needs to go up 2 inches in the clear cylinder before entering the collection cylinder tube.

 

[chuckreef]

Matthew,

I'm glad its working for you. But I infer form your verbal description that you have an area of clear water in the skimmer tube. My experience is these skimmers can (and do) run best when the entier column is small white bubbles about 1 to 2mm. It takes a pressure pump to get that many bubbles (i.e., that much air), but its worth finding the right pump.

 

[mike33]

I have a ev-120 with a quiet one 3000 combo. I needed to cut back the pump to about 80% and the air is at about 1/2. I'm sure you have read the threads...do not plug the drain tube into the waste, regularly clean the air intake and the plastic injector. Once dialed in it is great. I ran a mag 5 for a while without much results.

 

[MatthewLaw]

thank you all for your help. chuckreef, i am using an mag 9.5 so i have plenty of power and force for the bubble creation and skimming. my water level is about two inches from the top of the white clear cylinder (which connects to the collection cup). the water is very agitated and the bubbles are very fine as they go up the column. once dialed in, i never really had an issue producing fine bubbles. it was just that the fine bubbles in the white cylinder accumulated into a lot thick gunk which required cleaning every few weeks.

mike33-- i have run a mag5 too on my ev-120 and while it did produce some skimmate it wasn't what i expected and read about. so i really went overboard and bought a mag 9.5 with a ball valve that is working well.

 

[T1adler]

injector upgrade

injector upgrade

Running an EV-240 with a Mag 12 and just did the Free injector upgrade from 3/4 to 1 inch along with up sizing the plumbing from the pump to the injector. About 2 weeks into it, it appears the skim output is up about 25% or so from before. Well worth it and two thumbs up to Aqua C for the new injector!:bounce2: I don't know if too many other companies would do the same.

 

[Hal]

I don't know if too many other companies would do the same.

Agreed. I've had very good response from their customer service. Actually, "very good" is probably an understatement.

 

[Jason7504]

I'm using a AquaC remora nano on my 15g. i just started the skimmer about a week ago. how long does it take to break in and quiet down? its kind of loud now and i only run it during the day

 

[MatthewLaw]

did you call AquaC to get the upgrade?

 

[MatthewLaw]

whats your lifestock look like in the 15g? if its a brand new tank then there would not be any waste for it to pull out.

 

[T1adler]

did you call AquaC to get the upgrade?

I sent an email asking about the upgrade with my mailing address and they said they would send it out for free.

They did a similar deal for me when I needed a new O-ring fro my Remora Pro.

 

[MatthewLaw]

oh wow i need a new o-ring for my remora pro too!! i have been trying to think of creative ideas to make a new one.

is the upgrade available for the ev-120 too or just ev-240?

also did you email a specific person?

thanks!

 

[T1adler]

Not sure what models the upgrade is available for & I didn't send it to a specific person.

 

[Jason7504]

did you call AquaC to get the upgrade?

who me?

 

[Jason7504]

whats your lifestock look like in the 15g? if its a brand new tank then there would not be any waste for it to pull out.

well its been up for a year and it has pulled out quite a bit already lol its a seahorse tank