littleprince
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I don't think my Mazzei on the Mag would be powerful enough to inject that way. On the other hand, I'm not 100% sure its not the Mag and not the Mazzei either...
Mazzei Injector Protein Skimmer
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Lunchbucket
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yeah i bought a mag 500 for the skimmer but might end up using a mag 700 instead...heck maybe an extra mag 950 i have too 
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Lunchbucket
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same as little prince the 584
Lunchbucket
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i'm not TOTALLY sure but i will check. also you have to remember the head from 90's and the height of placement. the skimmer will be a littel remote so i might need the extra UMPH
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littleprince
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I think I'd like to try a 700, or something that can create a little more pressure. I also have a feeling I have a small leak in my piping somewhere injecting air into the tubing before the Mazzei, because when I close the air going into the Mazzei I'm still getting bubbles coming out... That might be contributing to the recent problems.
Lunchbucket
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i don't have the piping yet....should be here tuesday...so i will have the skimmer up by the weekend i HOPE.
i will try the 500 to begin w/ for a week or more then the 700, then back to the 500 to see after it broke in
Lunchbucket
i will try the 500 to begin w/ for a week or more then the 700, then back to the 500 to see after it broke in
Lunchbucket
Hi Andrew:
I am going to convert a DIY beckett skimmer to a venturi using a Mazzei. the pump currently in use is a Mag-Drive 18.
I would like to downgrade the pump to something less powerful, probably a Mag 7 or 9.5 to cut down on heat and electricity usage.
Any suggestions on the Mazzei I should use.
The skimmer uses 6" tubing for the main body and and a 4' tube for the secondary riser. the total height is around 22".
Whatever Mazzei I use I would like to ensure the skimmer body is completely milky white with foam.
Thanks for your time.
I am going to convert a DIY beckett skimmer to a venturi using a Mazzei. the pump currently in use is a Mag-Drive 18.
I would like to downgrade the pump to something less powerful, probably a Mag 7 or 9.5 to cut down on heat and electricity usage.
Any suggestions on the Mazzei I should use.
The skimmer uses 6" tubing for the main body and and a 4' tube for the secondary riser. the total height is around 22".
Whatever Mazzei I use I would like to ensure the skimmer body is completely milky white with foam.
Thanks for your time.
ir330s said:
littleprince
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Pics of skimmer running at Dmans
I had a really long post detailing what I learned, but I just lost it, so I'll post the summary instead.
I've learned that the more pump you have the more air you can let in the Mazzei and have good bubble production. Ie with Dmans larger pump we could have the Mazzei at full air intake. With my Mag 5 I need to turn the air way down. Therefore I hypothesize a smaller, maybe 384 Mazzei would be best for a Mag 5 because it would allow the pump to run with full air intake...
Full air with Dmans larger pump produces similar bubble size, but a thicker denser (ie more) bubbles...
I had a really long post detailing what I learned, but I just lost it, so I'll post the summary instead.
I've learned that the more pump you have the more air you can let in the Mazzei and have good bubble production. Ie with Dmans larger pump we could have the Mazzei at full air intake. With my Mag 5 I need to turn the air way down. Therefore I hypothesize a smaller, maybe 384 Mazzei would be best for a Mag 5 because it would allow the pump to run with full air intake...
Full air with Dmans larger pump produces similar bubble size, but a thicker denser (ie more) bubbles...
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littleprince
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An Iwaki or something like that. It was throttled down a lot, so a Mag 9 throttled a bit, or maybe a 7 we thought would work real well...
Beenalongtime79
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Mazzei venturi skimmer
Mazzei venturi skimmer
This isn't a DIY, but it uses a 484 mazzei for injection. I just started it up yesterday and so far it's been ok, hopefully it will break in within the next week, but we'll have to see. It also uses these quickseal grommets that are pretty neat.
This is after 24 hrs.
Check out my gallery for more pictures.
Peace,
John H.
Mazzei venturi skimmer
This isn't a DIY, but it uses a 484 mazzei for injection. I just started it up yesterday and so far it's been ok, hopefully it will break in within the next week, but we'll have to see. It also uses these quickseal grommets that are pretty neat.
This is after 24 hrs.
Check out my gallery for more pictures.
Peace,
John H.
Lunchbucket
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got all my tube...glued most and should be routing out and finishing up today or so.
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rufio173
Did you buy that skimmer from Pasreef1? It looks like his "design".
Did you buy that skimmer from Pasreef1? It looks like his "design".
littleprince
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Rufio, Its hard to tell from that one pic, but from the top it looks like thats how I had my skimmer set before. I found that if I put an air valve on the air intake and turned it down it give me much smaller bubbles, less turbulance on the surface and better foam. Perhaps you should try something like that
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