AquaC CLUB!

[wasupdavey]

Theres bubbles going back in my tank. But its normal because water hitting the surface of another water surface creates bubbles. Looking into my skimmer theres barly any microbubbles. So my skimmer is doing just fine, heres a pic of what mine looks like

 

[mario8402]

my water level is up high enough where the little spout is actually in the water and i still have those bubbles. will post a pic tonight

 

[Waxxiemann]

Just wanted to mention that I got my 1" injector for my EV240 today. Skimmate production has increased about 200%! I had to back off the water level and cut the air intake by about half.

I think the huge increase may have somthing to do with the new hose and injector. Any experiences anyone can share? The pump is a mag 18, tank is medium load.

Cheers,
Waxx

 

[CaptainCoral]

Does that mag18 have a 1" outlet? Those large mag pumps must push better pressure through a 1" hose and Injector. I believe others have had similar results. Kudos!

 

[bureau13]

Hmmm, actually the Mag 18 has 3/4" in and out. Has anyone else has significantly better production with this setup? I'm using an EV-240 w/ Mag18, so if the results are usual then I'm up for trying it...I'm not sure why AquaC wouldn't do it that way though...

jds

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9520388#post9520388 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CaptainCoral
Does that mag18 have a 1" outlet? Those large mag pumps must push better pressure through a 1" hose and Injector. I believe others have had similar results. Kudos!

 

[Waxxiemann]

Actually it's not AquaC's fault. Mag pumps are made to run on 1" hose, so you are actually restricting it @ 3/4" line. That's probably why they went with the 3/4" injector.

Anyway, my skimmer is working like a friggen monster now that I made this change. I have WAY more control over weather I want wet or dry skimming. I can now skim 5 gallons of super light skimmage or get the nice dark dry stuff. I am still playing with it so we'll see what happens when it settles in more.

As far as I'm concerned, this is the best $10 I have spent in this hobby so far. It's nice when somthing cheap actually makes a difference.

 

[Waxxiemann]

bureau13- you should totally do this, you'll love it. 10 bucks man, if you don't like it, change back.

 

[bureau13]

I think I will order one tomorrow! The only thing...what did you mean that the Mag 18 is made to run on 1"...I swear mine have 3/4" ins and outs, and the MD web site description agrees with this. I will actually need to convert up to connect to 1" hose. Unless I'm just looking at something way wrong.

jds

 

[Waxxiemann]

that's right, mine has 3/4" ins and outs as well. You just get a threaded step up and use a 1" barbed fitting on ttop of that and you're off to the races.

I skipped the ball valve (again) in the 1" setup. I don't really think it's needed.

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

Would this mod work for the Remora (standard model)?

 

[Waxxiemann]

I have no experience with them so I'm not sure, sorry. E-mail Steve Prince at AquaC and see whatsup for the remora. That's my advice.

 

[nightOwl]

Now what do I do...

Now what do I do...

A few weeks back (03/09/2007 01:16 PM) I made some changes based on suggestions I received to make my AquaC 180 skim better. A many thanks to CapnKick, CaptainCoral, and Tennsquire by the way. Now it is skimming like a champ, but I notice the collection cup gets nasty in two or three days where as before it would take longer, about a week, since it was not working correctly. With that being said I was wondering how often are people cleaning the collection cups and the neck of the skimmer? In the past, since my water level was, high the collection cup was the only thing I needed to clean. My skimmer seems to get this nasty dark tan, looks almost like mud, which from the pictures posted I think is good. I can take pictures if needed and post those tonight if that will help. I think I am skimming wet also, but I am fine with that. I am running a Mag 9.5 if that helps. Oh I also added a tube to the collection cup as well to drain down into a container. Before I could go a week or more before it got that high.

Thanks,

Henry

 

[Waxxiemann]

I clean my cup daily and the neck about once every 3 days if it needs it.

 

[CaptainCoral]

Yeah, that mud used to fascinate me when I finally found a non-airstone skimmer that could make copious quantities. I used to run my finger around the rim of the cup riser just to stare at the solid mass of skim attached to my finger. Ahhhh, but the joy has gone and now it feels like tank maintenance again. (btw, I now use brushes from aquatic eco systems to clean the cups to keep that vile mess as far away from my hands as possible) I use old socks/rags for wiping out the foam tower.

I think AquaC recommends cleaning the cup and tower every three days. I do that unless I'm really busy or lazy and sometimes go 7 days. I clean the other parts about 1 or 2 times a month, and I brush clean the pump feed hose about quarterly.

If I were really on top of things, I would clean it daily or every other day, but I doubt I could keep it up for long.

 

[nightOwl]

Thanks Waxxiemann and CaptainCoral,
I am in that fasination phase of knowning that my skimmer is actually working now. I guess if you don't know any better you don't know. In the last few weeks my skimmer has skimmed more than it did since last Nov. That's just crazy to me to see what is capturing in two days to what it use to take like a week or so to make. Water quality should be getting much clearer and cleaner. I have to modify it to have the turn down drain to keep the bubbles from going back in the tank this weekend. But I am so happy. I think I will see if I have some old rags around to do the daily thing until it starts to feel like tank maintence...lol. I have a brush set already I have had that since my Turbo Floator 1000 that sludge is not cool...lol.

Thanks,


Henry

 

[wasupdavey]

On a regular AquaC Remora would it be possible to put a Mag3 Drive on it? Does this increase the bubbles produced and help the foam action?

 

[jmkins]

With my standard remora w/ mj1200 I noticed a huge increase in skimming when I upped the tank turnover (no suprise).

I also loosened the screw on the injector so it was just a thread or so in. I'm getting this type of somewhat dark skimmate in 3 or 4 days (check gallery)

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9537846#post9537846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmkins
With my standard remora w/ mj1200 I noticed a huge increase in skimming when I upped the tank turnover (no suprise).

I also loosened the screw on the injector so it was just a thread or so in. I'm getting this type of somewhat dark skimmate in 3 or 4 days (check gallery)

Do you think the screw made that much of a difference? Or do you thinks it's a combination of flow and bio-load?

 

[gcarroll]

Glad to see that you guys like the 1" injector mod. I'm thinking of calling them to have them rename it as the "gcarroll injector" That just has a nice ring to it.

 

[jmkins]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9537868#post9537868 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
Do you think the screw made that much of a difference? Or do you thinks it's a combination of flow and bio-load?

I loosened the screw a couple of days before I upped the flow and noticed a difference.

My bio-load has been the same before I did that or upped the flow. Before I upped the flow I had a protein film on the surface of my water that never reached the skimmer. Now I got rid of that and can see the detritus that gathered on my rocks being suspended. From my experience and what people blame HOT skimmers for (performance or non - perfomance) in tank flow and breaking up surface build up is the difference in collection. If turnover is high enough then detritus, or everyday organic waste, will get pulled into the skimmer.