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Lunchbucket
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prodman - wish we could find out but euroreef can't post here. maybe they will get a forum on thier site or they will update the site about them
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DocG
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The new skimmer hasn't been on the tank for a week yet but it has been in enough for me to give an initial impression. Please refer to page 16 of the thread for a picture of this beast.
A couple of things to note. I don't run the air taps on full blast. They are set at around the 2 o'clock position. On one of the pumps if I set it higher it gets noisy. The other 2 do not. With the taps set at 2 o'clock the pumps are very quiet. The air going into the skimmer is the loudest thing on the skimmer.
Did an airflow measure with my handy dandy RMA-22 and got a reading of 14 lpm which gives each pump 840 lph which gives the entire skimmer 2520 lph. Euro-Reef is advertising 2500 lph so they are spot on with the air flow.
The skimmer started producing foam after 2 days of a break-in period. I did wash the skimmer out first but since it was just manufactured for me I did expect a long break-in period and was very happy with 2 days.
The collection cup has been dumped twice. I am not filling it up as I am running very dry right now. I am getting a very nice dark nasty skimmate.
I have been battling nitrates in the tank almost since its inception. I have noticed that larger tanks seem to have more difficulty controlling nitrates. Several months ago the nitrate level peaked at almost 50 ppm. I went into emergency mode to try to get those nitrates down. I was doing massive amounts of water changes. I would change 30 gallons at a time and have been doing so for at least twice a week and when I was at 50 ppm it was a case daily 30 gallon changes. That, my friends, is expensive!
I had successful reduced my nitrates to a constant level that fluctuated between ~15-25 ppm. Nothing that I did would get them down further. When I tested the water last Friday it was at about 20 ppm. Just did a nitrate test an hour ago and it was 5 ppm!
That is an amazing difference in only a week. The nitrates on the tank have never been that low.
I am very, very happy with this skimmer.
A couple of things to note. I don't run the air taps on full blast. They are set at around the 2 o'clock position. On one of the pumps if I set it higher it gets noisy. The other 2 do not. With the taps set at 2 o'clock the pumps are very quiet. The air going into the skimmer is the loudest thing on the skimmer.
Did an airflow measure with my handy dandy RMA-22 and got a reading of 14 lpm which gives each pump 840 lph which gives the entire skimmer 2520 lph. Euro-Reef is advertising 2500 lph so they are spot on with the air flow.
The skimmer started producing foam after 2 days of a break-in period. I did wash the skimmer out first but since it was just manufactured for me I did expect a long break-in period and was very happy with 2 days.
The collection cup has been dumped twice. I am not filling it up as I am running very dry right now. I am getting a very nice dark nasty skimmate.
I have been battling nitrates in the tank almost since its inception. I have noticed that larger tanks seem to have more difficulty controlling nitrates. Several months ago the nitrate level peaked at almost 50 ppm. I went into emergency mode to try to get those nitrates down. I was doing massive amounts of water changes. I would change 30 gallons at a time and have been doing so for at least twice a week and when I was at 50 ppm it was a case daily 30 gallon changes. That, my friends, is expensive!
I had successful reduced my nitrates to a constant level that fluctuated between ~15-25 ppm. Nothing that I did would get them down further. When I tested the water last Friday it was at about 20 ppm. Just did a nitrate test an hour ago and it was 5 ppm!
That is an amazing difference in only a week. The nitrates on the tank have never been that low.
I am very, very happy with this skimmer.
Reefologist
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Thank's for the update DOC.....???Does DOCG stand for dissolved organic compounds gross? Only kidding. happy reefing,reefologist
prodman
i don't know if it's help but i know that you run the sp4 and when i spoke with jeff last week on the eheim pump he said that the eheim will not be sufficient to my cs250 , he send me one more pump but they didn't ship it with the new impeller i believe i will get it this week . i will post here some info for the new one if it will improve i believe you can change just the impeller it will be more easy.
i don't know if it's help but i know that you run the sp4 and when i spoke with jeff last week on the eheim pump he said that the eheim will not be sufficient to my cs250 , he send me one more pump but they didn't ship it with the new impeller i believe i will get it this week . i will post here some info for the new one if it will improve i believe you can change just the impeller it will be more easy.
dang, that stinks, I was hoping to ask him a question in here.
Maybe someone else will be able to help me out.
I have an old skool ER ES5-3. I have had it for a little while now, just havent had the sump to put it in (was rebuilding it, nother subject) anyways, I now have it set-up. Ive been messing around with it tonight and I cant seem to figure it out.
O.K.
It has the riser on it with the sponge around it for the return, if I put that on, it instantly fills the collection cup with water. The foam then just seeps out of the lid. If I take the riser off, it doesnt build enough pressure or bubbles to create skimmate.
Is there something else that I need to adjust the skimmer? I know I have lots of protein in the tank because ive been running this 55g with a decent fish load for about a month without a skimmer and it should be collecting quite a bit, I think. So for it to fill instantly (within a min. its full) could be possible, but its more full of water (not skimmate) and little to no bubbles. The water surface has become incredably clear in the time i've had the skimmer running, so maybe it just needed to instantly fill, IDK. It just seems like its not producing any bubbles into the collection cup. Only water. -and the water that it does collect is pretty clear for the most part.
Im ready to see this thing in action, just need to know how to adjust it. Any help would be much appreciated!
-frank
DocG
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frank,
With the riser tube you should be able to slide it up and down. Put the riser on and slide it down a little. The lower you put the riser the darker your skimmate will be. If you put it too low then you will not get any skimmate.
You will need to experiment to see how high or low you need to put the riser.
With the riser tube you should be able to slide it up and down. Put the riser on and slide it down a little. The lower you put the riser the darker your skimmate will be. If you put it too low then you will not get any skimmate.
You will need to experiment to see how high or low you need to put the riser.
Lunchbucket
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there should be two piped for your overflow/slider pipe. one that fits inside the elbow fitting coming directly out of hte skimmer body. there should be 2 o-rings on it i belive. then the pipe the sponge fits on slides over that o-ring pipe to allow you to raise and lower it
i would just suggest doing the gate valve mod now and not even mess w/ the riser pipe. i think it is 1 1/4" PVC pipe on teh 5-3's. you should be able to find plenty of info on the gate valve mod on RC.
let us know whatever else you need
Lunchbucket
i would just suggest doing the gate valve mod now and not even mess w/ the riser pipe. i think it is 1 1/4" PVC pipe on teh 5-3's. you should be able to find plenty of info on the gate valve mod on RC.
let us know whatever else you need
Lunchbucket
Thanks. I bought the skimmer used, and the guy I bought it from said he didnt think it was all that it was hyped up to be, but I cant imagine why so many people speak so highly of the ER skimmers but he doesnt think so highly of it. I dont think he adjusted it the way it should have been adjusted. I have no O-rings and if the riser adjusts, I will have to look at it much closer to figure that out, as I couldnt see how it would adjust. Maybe he didnt give me everything that goes along with it, or maybe im not finding a part. I will continue to look.
I have read on the gate mod, and I will probably be making that upgrade here soon. The riser adjustment will be a temp thing. Right now I have a temp sump set-up until my real sump is 100% ready to go, so I think once I get the 'new sump' ready to roll, I will do the gate mod as well.
I have read on the gate mod, and I will probably be making that upgrade here soon. The riser adjustment will be a temp thing. Right now I have a temp sump set-up until my real sump is 100% ready to go, so I think once I get the 'new sump' ready to roll, I will do the gate mod as well.
Here is from over the night, with no pipe adjustment. As mentioned, I just got it really firgured out a few hours ago...so I expect this to be full when I go home in a few hours...
and heres the temp sump...
holding 10g of water. I only have 1 return flowing into it right now.
and heres the temp sump...
holding 10g of water. I only have 1 return flowing into it right now.
Lunchbucket
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vest - glad you got it figured out. so the inner pipe was just hiding inside the pipe you were holding??
kent - no beta pump yet. the impellers are coming out first. haven't gotten one of those yet either. maybe they are slow from the fabricator...no word or updates yet.
Lunchbucket
kent - no beta pump yet. the impellers are coming out first. haven't gotten one of those yet either. maybe they are slow from the fabricator...no word or updates yet.
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