I-Tech Skimmer Club .

[moondoggy4]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2020266 here it is

 

[boxer385]

any word whether the model 400 with be going with a different pump?

 

[moondoggy4]

Tunze is making a new pump bigger than the 9420 so probably closer to a Askol 1500 or bigger

 

[forddna]

moondoggy, that's the one I bought.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

I have the 200 on my 225 gallon tank and it's doing a kick butte job and it definitely has more fish than yours forddna.

 

[eric mac]

Like most i-tech owner I also thought my 200 skimmed better with a dirty neck. Until I started running bio pellets. Then I noticed it skimmed better clean. The last couple weeks I've been looking at the neck cleaners or what ever there called. But I like the fact that I have the carbon lid for my skimmer and don't know if I could deal with the smells this skimmer produces.
While out the other day with wife we stopped at 99 cent only store. I found a cheap queegie and some epoxy, for the price couldn't beat trying a DIY project. With a few extra things in my junk box here u go.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/watch?v=X6pXdDwLAVA

 

[Typlus5]

I clicked the link but didn't take me to your video...if you intended one.

This subject has perked my interest and may also attempt a DIY

 

[eric mac]

Yea I know. It's my first time trying to post vid. If u YouTube search "i-tech shimmer neck cleaner" u should find it. Sorry for the inconvince.

Here's some crappy pics tho

 

[Typlus5]

Very nice...what did you use? Let's see that how to....

 

[eric mac]

.what did you use?

Squeegie rubber piece..... $0.99
scrap acrylic cut it L shape... Maybe a buck worth.
Tube of epoxy res..... $0.99
Few scrap plastic bolt from some old rio mounts.... Nothin
A 1.5 rpm mottor off a broken frig ice maker....... Nothin.
And about 5 hours of my time.

 

[Typlus5]

That's awesome...heading out to the garage and rifle through my "boxes of stuff" now.

I have everything on the list except the motor. However, I do have a 1/2 hp pool pump motor...hmmm....Binford 2000 wiper!
Thanks.

 

[eric mac]

Let's try this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pX...t's got to be RC cus it work on other forums.

 

[Typlus5]

Here you go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pXdDwLAVA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[eric mac]

Thanks.

 

[eric mac]

So my swabbie has been running for 4 days now, and the neck looks like I just cleaned it.

Also I'm really happy with how much better it's skimming. I even had to adjust the flow through the skimmer. It was skimming to wet.

 

[forddna]

About 4-5 days of skimming. Literally put it together and plugged it in and haven't touched a thing since.

 

[forddna]

Need quick help. Not having much fun searching the thread.

After about a week of running awesome, suddenly the bubbles are only going half as high as they were and not reaching the cup at all. Water level is the same. I'm using filter socks, so there shouldn't be any large debris getting into the pump. ??

 

[moondoggy4]

forddna try boiling some RO water and remove the air tubing from the silencer and let the pump suck it in this should clean the venturi and solve the problem. Or the pump has slid over and is touching the side of the sump. Or you have something wedged in there also.

 

[forddna]

Nothing wedged, and it hasn't moved. This is weird. It's getting bubbles into the collection cup this morning. All I did was pull the pump out of the water, remove the air line, and let it drip dry upside down. I had just put it back together and fired it back up when I posted my question because it appeared to be the same still. But this morning, it seems to be working!

 

[boxer385]

Does anybody know why their website is disabled?