keefsama2003
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i will have to check them out.
Large Airpump Driver Skimmer
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keefsama2003
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sweet ill do that i want an overpowered pump for my skimmer if i have to bleed air off i would rather do it that way
zapata41
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well i dont see how the placement of the gatevalve can effect the fluctuating water level, as it is right now the valve is serving no purpose, as it if 100% closed. i did fool around with the air supply and found out than when i add more air and lower that water level to compensate, i loose all fine adjustment of the water levlel( using the pipe to adjust height, since i dont think you can see that i have 1 1/4 pipe coming out of the skimmer and then i havea piece of 1" pipe wrapped in teflon tape that slides inside the 1 1/4" , thats my water height adjustment part) and the skimemr starts surging with lots of air. but if i turn it down my bubble size drops back down to less than 1mm and i get a stable foam head, water hieght and no surging
I just would really like to use some more air, so i am thinking that i need to make another air diffuser , maybe this way i can use more air and still have tiny bubbles and not have any surging
Tim
I just would really like to use some more air, so i am thinking that i need to make another air diffuser , maybe this way i can use more air and still have tiny bubbles and not have any surging
Tim
merlock116
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If you place the valve after the T, the backpressure will go up the end the of T that's exposed to air in addition to the main skimmer body. Think about it... if the valve were closed, water would come out the top of the T.
if the valve is before the T, the backpressure only affects the water level in the main skimmer body.
you want the drain section starting from the T onwards to be unrestricted.
if the valve is before the T, the backpressure only affects the water level in the main skimmer body.
you want the drain section starting from the T onwards to be unrestricted.
Covey
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Hey bigg I don't want to take over your thread big hear is the cup style I was talking about
http://www.deltecusa.us/docs/MC500.pdf
Disregaurd the weird plumbing just check out their cup style.
http://www.deltecusa.us/docs/MC500.pdf
Disregaurd the weird plumbing just check out their cup style.
Zap, maybe your tube is too small at the top to run that much air thru it? Maybe your output is too restrictive? Who knows, maybe you should just give replumbing the output a shot, couldn't hurt.
Covey, I will have to go over there before he empties the bucket, it has about 2 gallons of funk already. That skimmer is interesting, have you seen the ones that H2OEng makes? His are real nice, and I like his better then that deltec.
Covey, I will have to go over there before he empties the bucket, it has about 2 gallons of funk already. That skimmer is interesting, have you seen the ones that H2OEng makes? His are real nice, and I like his better then that deltec.
keefsama2003
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Here is a picture of my skimmer and a picture of how im feeding the airstones into the skimmer
keefsama2003
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4" pvs and its rigid air tube that goes down to the bottom i just ordered an pressure rated air pump so i dont know i have a tetra pump on there now that doesnt push any air into the stones but it should work with no issues at all i know someone using the exact design and its really kicking but ill let you know more once i get the new pump in
keefsama2003
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waiting on the pump to come in
Zap, where you refering to the skimmer that I built, or one of the hijackers? LOL
The skimmer is pretty much incredible. The tank it is on isn't really doing it any justice, since it is pretty clean anyway but it has been putting in the work and said tank has never been cleaner. We will get some more pix soon.
The skimmer is pretty much incredible. The tank it is on isn't really doing it any justice, since it is pretty clean anyway but it has been putting in the work and said tank has never been cleaner. We will get some more pix soon.
causeofhim
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biggt 2k1 said:
How would a wetneck be different? What is a wetneck?
A wetneck is a device that poures a curtain of water down the sides of the neck. It makes the neck "slippery" and allows the skimmate to climb up a lot easier w/ out depositing nearly as much crap on the sides. You can reduce cleaning significantly using a wetnec, but they don't work very well on small skimmers.
Zap, glad that you got your skimmer running good. I cant remember the exact specs, something like 4.5 CFM overall and 38 DB sound. I can tell you that it is very quiet, and pumps a lot of air. The pump is a alita 80 and is easy to find the specs on the net.
Zap, glad that you got your skimmer running good. I cant remember the exact specs, something like 4.5 CFM overall and 38 DB sound. I can tell you that it is very quiet, and pumps a lot of air. The pump is a alita 80 and is easy to find the specs on the net.
zapata41
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now what air stones are you running for that thing. since i am running a basswood cube but if i turn the air up alot then i overpower the stone and get lots of huge bubbles, so i was thinking to run a few of the stones that you have and just live with the larger bubble size that those stones make
Tim
Tim
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