my skimmer upgrade...

[mikearoni]

I decided to replace my current octopus nw150 skimmer with a euroreef cs80. A friend of mine was upgrading his skimmer so I decided to upgrade to the euroreef. I started this morning around 9 am.

First I let the skimmer soak in vinegar and water overnight (Not my shoes)

Then I got a look at were the euroreef is going and how to take out the octo.

Here is the octo out of the sump

After the octo was out began to clean the euroreed with water and a special tool

Clean skimmer (Ignore the hair care products on the right. Not Mine btw)

Size comparison the octopus is bigger but the euroreef is taller

Cleaning the octopus pump in vinegar water it was pretty dirty

The euroreef pump was pretty clean my friend had cleaned it before so I did not need to soak it vinegar water mix.

 

[mikearoni]

Skimmer is in and turned on

sounds quieter than the octopus, but after running the octopus in the mix for and hour it quieted down as well. Just need to clean the octo and she will be up for sale. Ill post a thread in the for sale section.

FTS with lights off after the installation

No upgrade or build thread would be complete without some refreshments

umm its still kinda early how bout some breakfast?

yeah sounds better.


I did all this work and my helper was chillin. unbelievable!

 

[coryjac0b]

beautiful, um well not sure what he/she is but beautiful none the less.

 

[TomRep]

Bearded Dragon. I love them things! Used to breed them before I moved on to this money pit. nice work!
tom

 

[crvz]

I'll be interested to see your results from the upgrade. Personally, I'd think the nw150 would be a better skimmer than that particular ER, but maybe you'll have better success with the euroreef. Good luck!