MY New Skimmer

[hansnfrans]

I just wanted to share a pic of this beast that I got today (NOT the furry white beast).

It's an ETSS 1000. I'm 6 feet tall, so that'll kinda give you an idea as to how big the skimmer is. I am going to put it on my 120gal tank. It will be driven by an Iwaki 70RLT.

Is it okay to put a ball valve in between the pump out put and the skimmer intake? (I just want to have the ability to fine tune it as much as possible)

Do you think I'll have to worry about overskimming? (I am going to keep softies/LPS/SPS in the tank)

Anyone have experience w/ this particular model skimmer?

Thanks,
Garen

 

[DSMawd21]

Garen i have to see some tank pics now....you cant tease use like that!

 

[DSMawd21]

and whats your dogs name!!

 

[ostrow]

I'm with the group that doesn't believe in overskimming. Witness my ASM G5 on my system...

 

[hansnfrans]

Ed-The dog is "Isis".

ostrow-do you mean that you believe that there is no such thing as "overskimming".....or are you saying that you are not in favor of overskimming? I am assuming that you mean the first thing I mentioned here, seeing as the G5 is pretty darn large. How many gallons is it rated for?

 

[jjjimmy]

Garen, I would probably recommend putting a valve between the pump and the skimmer.

 

[Sullyman]

No girly-boy skimmers in Garen's house.............and I agree about the valve.

 

[Rod Buehler]

doesnt hurt to have the valve, but I have a few of them running without the valve, and the ones with teh valve are wide open. If you will need to throttle anything down it will be the air intake IMO. Throttling the air back a little will give a smaller bubble and a better foam.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I met Garen the other day. That skimmer has to be huge, because he is one big dude! Nice looking skimmer.

 

[Motohead]

nice find!!!

but dude for real you could skim your own water with arms like that! LOL

 

[ostrow]

Yes, the air intake is where to throttle.

Overskimming is a weird notion. If there are organics to be skimmed, then they will be skimmed. A big skimmer may go a while with little skimmate in the cup as it is so efficient. Also, I am not against a wet skimmate, makes sure all the crud is removed, and well with a large skimmer cup is sort of an instant water change!

 

[hansnfrans]

Hmmmm. Um.....Air intake? Where the heck is the air intake on this thing? I have a Turboflotor and I know where the air intake is on that skimmer, but, I don't know where the air comes in on these downdraft skimmmers. HELP

 

[FISHMAN350]

air intake

air intake

garen the air intake comes at the top/side of the draft tubes.at least it does on mine. the water rushing down sucks the air in and mixes with the water/bioballs. thanks

 

[hansnfrans]

Ah ha! I see the intake now. That's kinda where I figured it was. But I wasn't too sure if that was it or not. thanks john.