Reeflo/Sequence Skimmer Club

[Jeremy B.]

I'm looking for 2-3 people who purchased a Reeflo from us that would be interested in doing a beta test for a pinwheel. If you are interested please contact me at jeremy@premiumaquatics.com so I can get the impeller headed your way.

 

[obiwanthegoby]

Hey guys,... need some expert advice...

Planning and building my 800 gallon system currently and am trying to figure out the skimmer that ill be purchasing in the next couple of months,....

The system will have a 400 Gal diplay, SPS and clams, A 150 Gallon sump, 29 gallon anemone tank, 120 gallon seahorse/fuge tank, 150 gallon fuge, and a 40 gallon growout.

will the Reeflo 250 handle this? I will be feeding it via a tap into one of the overflows with a gate valve to control the amount entering the skimmer.....

 

[paul17]

hi just wondering what kind of pumps the 250 now comes with and has there been eny recent mechinal changes to the skimmer thanks

 

[Richieboy]

Hi, I have had my 250 running for at least 5 months now. It is hooked to a 180g display with a 75g sump. The orca 250 is feed through my overflow box, it recieves 100% of the water coming out of the overflow and I use a gate valve to control the water level inside the skimmer. My return pump is a Mag7. How often should the skimmer be drained and cleaned? I have a bit of detrius built up inside.

 

[FishTruck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14068076#post14068076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Richieboy
Hi, I have had my 250 running for at least 5 months now. It is hooked to a 180g display with a 75g sump. The orca 250 is feed through my overflow box, it recieves 100% of the water coming out of the overflow and I use a gate valve to control the water level inside the skimmer. My return pump is a Mag7. How often should the skimmer be drained and cleaned? I have a bit of detrius built up inside.

I would just clean the neck and cup. As long as it is working fine otherwise. If you clean the whole thing, it can go through another break-in period (a week or two).

Cleaning the whole thing... probably once per year at most. Maybe less than that.

Ryan.

 

[Richieboy]

Thanks Ryan

 

[FishTruck]

Sure! I assume your nitrates are zero and all that.

 

[klasiksb]

Anyone running one of the new NW for the 250 from Jeremy? If so, how's it going?

My first attempt at putting on the new NW proved problematic. I could not get the NW to screw on the shaft straight. I could start it out straight, but it wouldn't go on all the way straight. Going to attempt it again today.

 

[heliopt]

I have a Reeflo 250 fed by a MAG 7, and after all power outtage it overflows. How to fix it?

 

[reefyguy]

helio

you can take a bucket and install a float valve. Hook your skimmate return line into the bucket. When the power goes off and the bucket gets full with water the float valve activates shutting power to your pumps..

I dont gravity feed mine. I run the 400-500 gallons per hour off of my return pump. I have the reeflo pump hooked up to the float valve. if for some reason it overflows it shuts off the skimmer pump not my tank pump. It still recieves the 400-500 gallons per hour but it just harmlessly goes back to my sump via the return line.

here is the picture of the Precision Marine skimmate collection with Float valve I bought off of Mike at Reefspecialty.com

here is a shot of my plumbing...you can see the feed line going around the back of the skimmer....if the skimmer overflows it still sends water in the skimmer but it comes back the return line back into the sump.....I had a lot of help from Mike setting the plumbing up. I would think it is the best option for eliminating the chance of a flood

 

[obiwanthegoby]

Ok, so does anyone deem the Auto Shutoff collection cups a neccesity? I am getting ready to purchase the 250 from reefspecialty and was up in the air on whether to nab the collection cup with shut off or not? Anyone with advice?

 

[jbertone]

I went for the whole package from reefspecialty and couldn't be happier with the system.
The auto shutoff has saved my butt with a major smelly mess on a couple of occasions. My setup has is feed from a valve off the return, the shutoff kills the skimmer pump power which
then kills the air feed to the tower when the collection unit is filled. The nastiness
of the skimmate is nothing that I've ever had to deal with. You don't want that stuff
on your floor....

 

[obiwanthegoby]

Gotcha thanks jbertone, I guess ill be ordering the whole kit.

 

[obiwanthegoby]

Anyone use one of these or know if it will work for the Reeflo...

http://www.aquacave.com/auto-shut-off-5-gal-bucketbrlid-by-ae-tech-1770.html

 

[obiwanthegoby]

Thought about using it in conjunction with an electronic shut off on the pump... if it will work, looks like the same design as the one reef specialty has only it fits a 5 - 6 gal bucket.

 

[FishTruck]

I just use a 5 gallon bucket with a shutoff from autotopoff.com. It is not nearly as sexy as the one from reef specialty though! All external skimmers (not in sump) should have some sort of overflow protection in my opinion. An unchecked overflowing skimmer is one event that can nuke your tank and your living room.

 

[tangtang clown]

Anyone have any new pics of their reeflo's in action?

 

[RonD]

Here is my bad boy almost broken in. I am tickled pink with the 250. My nitrates have fallen to almost zero. I will agree with previous posts way back about a certain scent it puts in the air.. Chinook #7 is a bit gamey to say the least

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[richierich2000]

RonD

what pump are you running?

 

[RonD]

here is where I asked the same question.. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1559282

as it turns out, " The nw pump uses our new dart motor... The performance is identical"