Owners Thread: Innovative Marine Fusion 40

First or fourth?? The Fourth and Second chambers are the same on the IM 40... huh? Fourth starting from left or right? There are 5 chambers.... 1=5, 2=4, 3(middle) is pump return
 
AZReef13 said:
Choss; Clowns and Anemone would be fun since it apears you have the room. Or it would work as a nice QT as well. Thats why I'm going with AI, hopefully avoid shadowing, Really do like the shimmer from Kessils, also wish kessil would update their controllability too.
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AZ - i actually like the Kessil controller. Its quite simple. I don't get storms or clouds, but the ramp up and down is great and like you said, the shimmer makes the whole tank come alive. If I were to start this tank again, I'd try two 160s instead of the single 360.

I currently have a 20 long that is housing 3 clowns that I received from a friend who was raising them. There were originally 6. One is in the IM 40 now and paired up with a store bought clown, one jumped, one was bullied and moved to a friend's tank, and the three remaining seems to be getting on just fine. They have hosted a frogspawn corral and there is also a RBTA baby in the same tank. So that would be the starting point for this tank once I move the existing inhabitants to the new setup.
 
LX20000 said:
First or fourth?? The Fourth and Second chambers are the same on the IM 40... huh? Fourth starting from left or right? There are 5 chambers.... 1=5, 2=4, 3(middle) is pump return
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first or fourth. I have the non DC version (older) and it works great as well. Very happy with this skimmer
 
LX20000 said:
First or fourth?? The Fourth and Second chambers are the same on the IM 40... huh? Fourth starting from left or right? There are 5 chambers.... 1=5, 2=4, 3(middle) is pump return
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Sorry for the mistake. Just had a chance to get back on. I meant the 1st or 5th chamber.
 
Owners Thread: Innovative Marine Fusion 40

Greaser9999 said:
I can't stand the fact of having a skimmer in the 1st chamber lol it would bug me, probably make my eye twitch or something

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LOL. In my first chamber I have a custom caddy with FF, some rock rubble and chaeto. Second, I have the Ghost skimmer, third return pump, fourth, MiniMax reactor with rowaphos and fifth, custom caddy with FF, purigen and chemipure.

I want a new skimmer that will fit the second chamber.
 
I run filter socks with filter floss, and have no intentions of changing that. Rather put up with the ghost

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My set up is 1 filter sock, 2 Santa Monica 1.6 drop in algae scrubber, 3 heater and probes,4 intake and return for aquamax hob1 skimmer, 5 custom caddy with filter floss carbon and purigen. This set up allows me to have 6 small fish and perfect parameters for sps.
Skimmer collect about 2/3 cup of dark skim a week and the scrubber gets filled with hair algae once a month.
 
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Before I drop the $$ on the Tunze DOC 9004 DC skimmer....is it really that much better than the ghost? Or is it just assumed better because it's Tunze? I had the 9001 on my biocube and was less than impressed with it. Don't want to repeat that mistake with this one.

After lowering my water level in the back a bit, the ghost has been pretty stable. Albeit a little noisy? Would I gain a little quietness with the Tunze?
 
I can't really say it's better than ghost because I never owned a ghost but I can tell u since I set up tank 7 months ago I have not touch the tunze skimmer other than to clean cup. It's set and forget. Like stated early it's skims dry and constant. It has a feed button where skimmer turns off for 10 min which is pretty cool when feeding or changing filter floss
 
My stock pump has become a buzzing machine after 3 months...

THink I will get a SICCE.... I assume the SICCE Syncra 2.0 is the one to get.

If you have one...

1. Does it fit in the sump with no tricks or issues
2. What fittings will I need to pipe it up to piping that came with system.... seem Syncra 2.0 is 3/4 fitting?? Do I need some sort of adapter to hook up to stock tubing in IM 40?

If I need fittings, please be specific...do I put a reducer of some sort BEFORE the "Y" adapter, or do I need to replumb everything to 3/4 tubing ??
 
KJoFan said:
Before I drop the $$ on the Tunze DOC 9004 DC skimmer....is it really that much better than the ghost? Or is it just assumed better because it's Tunze? I had the 9001 on my biocube and was less than impressed with it. Don't want to repeat that mistake with this one.

After lowering my water level in the back a bit, the ghost has been pretty stable. Albeit a little noisy? Would I gain a little quietness with the Tunze?
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Well...as for me. Two weeks of the ghost running and it skims well. Not super dark but a good amount. Tank is not heavily loaded yet so I didn't expect much. I don't feed heavy either. It's quiet and does not produce microbubbles like everyone has said. Maybe mine is special...lol.

Tunze makes great products and in some ways I'm sure it's better. But it doesn't fit where I needed it to and I'm happy with my current setup.

Also, I'm adding my ato when the stuff I need for it gets here at the end of the week. I'm sure that will help it run more efficiently and less touchy.

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airwaybill said:
Well...as for me. Two weeks of the ghost running and it skims well. Not super dark but a good amount. Tank is not heavily loaded yet so I didn't expect much. I don't feed heavy either. It's quiet and does not produce microbubbles like everyone has said. Maybe mine is special...lol.

Tunze makes great products and in some ways I'm sure it's better. But it doesn't fit where I needed it to and I'm happy with my current setup.

Also, I'm adding my ato when the stuff I need for it gets here at the end of the week. I'm sure that will help it run more efficiently and less touchy.

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My biggest hang up is I've got one chamber it would fit in set up with a media basket/fuge area and the other media basket is loaded up with marinepure spheres. I don't really want to forego either of those for the Tunze if I don't have to.

I might stick with the ghost for now and see how it goes. Mine doesn't produce microbubbles either and seems to produce better skimmate now that I lowered the water level overall a bit.
 
I can't find this white fitting on the Home Depot web site... ?? What is it called?

bizacon said:
Gentlemen and Mrs. Fish....Go order the Sicce Syncra Silent 2.0. It works perfectly for the tank...I might even turn down the flow a little.

Installation is easy. You slide down the pump and then put on the male adapter. I went to home depot and got a 3/4 in x 1/2 in reducer that you see in the picture. The output tubes are 1/2 in. Got that down in there...going to be easy to pull out and clean.

It is quiet and is a much improvement improvement from the OEM pump and the Eheim +2000.

Enjoy..

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