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Plankton27
actually I have the new beckett,I recently purchased the skimmer back in nov.06, I just wanted to see if it is supposed to be air tight or not.
when i remove the beckett housing it is in a cylinder which must be unscrewed, then the beckett removed. the beckett has a seem that i think splits it in two, although i have not done this. I thought that maybe if i pushed it together more, less air would escape into the housing and thus would go into the skimmer body.
when i remove the beckett housing it is in a cylinder which must be unscrewed, then the beckett removed. the beckett has a seem that i think splits it in two, although i have not done this. I thought that maybe if i pushed it together more, less air would escape into the housing and thus would go into the skimmer body.
that's the part you want to wrap in teflon tape, at the top and bottom where the O rings are. it holds the two halves together better. i don't really think it affects the performance of the skimmer much when you do get it tight, but it is aesthetically more pleasing.
while you have it out, take the two halves apart and check out the dongle inside. it sort of looks like a wil-e-coyote lawn dart. this and the inside of the piece that splits in half are the parts that get slimed up and require periodic cleaning. cleaning salt creep etc from the rest of the housing feels good but doesn't seem to affect the performance of the injector at all.
while you have it out, take the two halves apart and check out the dongle inside. it sort of looks like a wil-e-coyote lawn dart. this and the inside of the piece that splits in half are the parts that get slimed up and require periodic cleaning. cleaning salt creep etc from the rest of the housing feels good but doesn't seem to affect the performance of the injector at all.
i'm leaning towards the CR5, probably with the reeffanatic controller. we've got a big al's superstore opening here tomorrow, so i sort of want to go there and check out what they have to offer as well. korallin seems to be the popular choice of the mass market brands. as far as i can tell, there's not a lot of difference technically between the different reactors, quality of construction is really what sets them apart. i love andy's workmanship; i've gotten a skimmer and a sump from him so far, both are really well built and well thought out.
BallaBooyeaH
Premium Member
Hi all,
I asked a while ago for a link to setting up the MR2.
No replys. I have it sitting there soing nothing. having problems tuning it in.
please help.....
I asked a while ago for a link to setting up the MR2.
No replys. I have it sitting there soing nothing. having problems tuning it in.
please help.....
i saw one reply, saying you can't use a submersible pump. my sump is in our basement, so i don't care how loud the skimmer gets and have no advice on how to quiet your setup.
have you sent andy mail? he's really very helpful, and knows his equipment.
info@myreefcreations.com
have you sent andy mail? he's really very helpful, and knows his equipment.
info@myreefcreations.com
Scuba Dog
New member
I have been running a MRC4 recirculation skimmer for a few months now. A mag 12 is the feed pump and a blue line 70 is the recirculation pump. I havent decided what the best setting is yet for wet skimming. Is it the water level in the skimmer? Or would it be the air flow through the foam nozzels? In other words how do you fine tune it for wet skimming?
Quick question. One of my becketts is rattling. It is perfectly clean. It seems that the internal bulbous arrow thing is hitting the outer black casing, causing a horribly annoying yet it seems functionally irrelevant rattling noise. It's been a couple days now. Has anyone experienced this? And is there a solution to the problem? Of note, when I close the air valve on that beckett completely, the rattling stops.
