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Charlie Davidson
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Have you run ro/di water thru the air intake tube to keep it clean? 
Has skimmer been cleaned?
Has skimmer been cleaned?
dantwenty2
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what pump should i upgrade my mini G to??? gen-x or sedra??? and which size??? thanx i have no mods yet but want to start with a bigger pump first....
africangrey
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For recirculating mod users, how do you guys clean the air intake tube without taking the tube out, because the water will be coming out of the venture and flood the floor if I take the tube out for service.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8035721#post8035721 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Charlie Davidson
Have you run ro/di water thru the air intake tube to keep it clean?
I ran a bit of RO/DI through the air intake as suggested and the skimmer is now working nicely.
Charlie Davidson
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I have 2 airlines on mine,, I run a cup of water thru them 1-2x a week
Roland Jacques
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Does any body no the neck diameter of G-4 and G-6?
marcusbigdady
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The neck as in the skimmer cup or the body tappering up to the skimmer cup
MJAnderson
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Will leak like crazy. Just not made for it
Lyscer
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I was reading through this massive thread to see if I could find ways of improving my G4 with the sedra 5000. Seems like there are a good handful of you with G3's.
My G4 has had the water level set to where the cone starts, set to where the water touches the top of the cone, and where the water is in the middle of the tube in the collection cup. I still don't see very much skimmate. I get a TON of nasty crap built up in the "throat" of the collection cup but I don't see a lot of the green gunk in the actual collection cup. It seems like the recirc mod is the best way to improve the skimmers skimmate so what pump would you recommend I use as the feed pump? Should I just stick with the sedra 5000 for the r/c pump? The skimmer has been running for 5-6 months now. There are 7 fish in my tank, sps, 2 BTA's, and a few inverts. Oh and a massive colony of pom pom xenia.
My G4 has had the water level set to where the cone starts, set to where the water touches the top of the cone, and where the water is in the middle of the tube in the collection cup. I still don't see very much skimmate. I get a TON of nasty crap built up in the "throat" of the collection cup but I don't see a lot of the green gunk in the actual collection cup. It seems like the recirc mod is the best way to improve the skimmers skimmate so what pump would you recommend I use as the feed pump? Should I just stick with the sedra 5000 for the r/c pump? The skimmer has been running for 5-6 months now. There are 7 fish in my tank, sps, 2 BTA's, and a few inverts. Oh and a massive colony of pom pom xenia.
shawnz28
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Lyscer - to put it simply the G4 is too big of a skimmer of the 5000 pump they used to try to sell with it. Put a 9000 on it and it will be a beast in comparision. With the 5000 pump they just dont skim worth a darn. Other ption is use the 5000 you have and midify it for recirc. and put another pump feeding it.
MJAnderson
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6-11" inches of water. If you want your baffles higher, just put the skimmer on a stand...
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