scarletknight06
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how did you guys hook up the airflow meter to the intake tube of the venturi? It has female threaded inlets, what adapter(s) do i need?
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Hi guys, I should be getting my H & S, 200-2x-1260 this week, and I had a question about weather or not I can gravity feed the water intake from my overflow. My idea was to have a valve on the pipe entering the skimmer. A guy at my local LFS is telling me not to because the air that comes down the standpipe might affect the skimmers performance. Is this true ?
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scarletknight06
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bump for my previous question about how to hook up my air flow meter.
Also, do anyone else find that they have to pull the pump off about every 2 weeks and let it run in vinegar water and let the venturi suck in vinegar water too. Mine seems to get slightly clogged with something after about 2 weeks, limiting air intake, and I would assume its from dosing so much kalk. Will this problem go away once I get my calc reactor setup?
Also, do anyone else find that they have to pull the pump off about every 2 weeks and let it run in vinegar water and let the venturi suck in vinegar water too. Mine seems to get slightly clogged with something after about 2 weeks, limiting air intake, and I would assume its from dosing so much kalk. Will this problem go away once I get my calc reactor setup?
JNB, for the noise sounds coming from your pump,
If it is just the sound of the bubbles being chopped up, then there is not much a way that I know to silence. You could try to pack tape some filter loss aroung the outside of the venturi piping up to the pump impeller cover and see if that helps. The material thickness is not as much as a BK, therefore more air noise is transferred. LMK if that helped.
Scarlet,
What is your Alk level in your tank.
When you clean your pump, make sure to remove the impeller from the pump, and seperate the shaft from the impeller and soak in vinager. If you are not, then you are not getting the calcium buildup off the shaft. The Aquabee's are made to tight tolerances and just soaking the whole impeller on shaft does not clean it completely. Also run a pipe cleaner down the inside of the impeller to clean any debris.
As far as gravity feeding, if you can get the feed to not surge, or dump large bubbles into the skimmer body it will work, but if it not it will decrease it's performance.
If I missed anything LMK,
HTH,
Brian
If it is just the sound of the bubbles being chopped up, then there is not much a way that I know to silence. You could try to pack tape some filter loss aroung the outside of the venturi piping up to the pump impeller cover and see if that helps. The material thickness is not as much as a BK, therefore more air noise is transferred. LMK if that helped.
Scarlet,
What is your Alk level in your tank.
When you clean your pump, make sure to remove the impeller from the pump, and seperate the shaft from the impeller and soak in vinager. If you are not, then you are not getting the calcium buildup off the shaft. The Aquabee's are made to tight tolerances and just soaking the whole impeller on shaft does not clean it completely. Also run a pipe cleaner down the inside of the impeller to clean any debris.
As far as gravity feeding, if you can get the feed to not surge, or dump large bubbles into the skimmer body it will work, but if it not it will decrease it's performance.
If I missed anything LMK,
HTH,
Brian
scarletknight06
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Brian,
my alk is 7.4. I always take the impeller out of the shaft to see if there is any buildup but there is none.
Can you show a pic of how you hooked up the air flow meter up, aka the back of the meter.
my alk is 7.4. I always take the impeller out of the shaft to see if there is any buildup but there is none.
Can you show a pic of how you hooked up the air flow meter up, aka the back of the meter.
scarletknight06
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Guys,
I'm an idiot and I'm selling my rma 22 that I got from jnb. just asking what I paid for it. the only reason I'm selling is because I need the smaller (1-10lpm) model because I have a smaller pump on my skimmer. stupid me should have realized it before i bought it. so i just want to pass it on to someone who can use it.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=724753
I'm an idiot and I'm selling my rma 22 that I got from jnb. just asking what I paid for it. the only reason I'm selling is because I need the smaller (1-10lpm) model because I have a smaller pump on my skimmer. stupid me should have realized it before i bought it. so i just want to pass it on to someone who can use it.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=724753
scarletknight06
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i know, which is why theres a link to the selling forum. i figured someone on this thread would want it. if its a problem, mods please delete.
Nick,
I do have some customers who have media rooms and they are very sensitive to sounds. Different people hear different pitchs. I thought that might of been your application, and you was looking to furthur silence your system.
On the normal level, there is some bubble chopping sounds coming form the impeller housing and venturi intake. It should not be a metallic sound, as in metal to metal kind of sound or a ting type sound, but some whoosing or grumbling sounds are typical. The level of the sound is dependent on the background noise or the application it is in.
I do have some customers who have media rooms and they are very sensitive to sounds. Different people hear different pitchs. I thought that might of been your application, and you was looking to furthur silence your system.
On the normal level, there is some bubble chopping sounds coming form the impeller housing and venturi intake. It should not be a metallic sound, as in metal to metal kind of sound or a ting type sound, but some whoosing or grumbling sounds are typical. The level of the sound is dependent on the background noise or the application it is in.
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An aquabee not beating a sedra 5000? Are you sure the venturi isn't plugged? Is it a new skimmer? How high is the water level?
You need to give us some more information!
An aquabee not beating a sedra 5000? Are you sure the venturi isn't plugged? Is it a new skimmer? How high is the water level?
You need to give us some more information!
scarletknight06
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let it run in vinegar water for half a day or so, impeller might need to be cleaned or venturi tube could be blocked
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