The Bubble-Magus Club

[reeftivo]

I just thought it interesting that skimmers that are 4 times the cost of a Bubble Magus will only really pull out a little bit more. At the beginning, the big expensive skimmer may seem to outperform the cheaper one, but once the bigger skimmer runs out of stuff to pull out, it becomes useless if too big.

I did find it funny that the worst performing skimmer was the Reef Octopus. Yet that is the skimmer everyone will recommend over the Bubble Magus.

I have a little 100g rated counter current CADlights skimmer that came with my system. It has no bubble plate,pin wheel, a 250gph resun pump, a 2 1/4 inch neck, pulled 250lph air and it out performed my deltec, bermuda, and euroreef skimmers. I think the skimmer w/ pump probably cost CADlights $60 bucks. The skimmer doesn't have alot of air but the dwell time in the chamber seems to be very good with its slow spinning motion downward. I also have a 2009 Reefocto nwb110 that I will not use because the skimmer was not even close to what I was hoping for when I ran it for initial cleaning. I dont want to bash any skimmers that others have had good luck with but I will stay away fron octo skimmers that come with the octopus pumps. I'll take an Atman over those any day. IMO, the only competition BM has is Vertex, with their Euroreef style skimmers. But even they have resun pumps on the smaller in-sump versions.

I think alot of people are miss led when they keep hearing "you cant overskim a tank", so they go out and get a much bigger skimmer than they should (me included). IMO, you really cant overskim a tank but you're right about getting a skimmer too big to match your system. Too big and it will skim everything quick and then wont be able to be fed enough to develope a consistent foam head because of the shear size of the unit.

 

[reeftivo]

Anyone in here running an NAC6 in a 40 breeder sump?

Mines in a 15 gal sump under a 39 gal DT and works great!

Have you purchased the NAC6 or just considering if it will work or not?

 

[rtparty]

Anyone in here running an NAC6 in a 40 breeder sump?

Mine will be in a 20 tall sump. You will just need to put in a baffle to keep the skimmer section constant.

 

[reeftivo]

well guys, just wanted to post pictures of my BM160L on my 125 gallon setup. I have it set way low to produce super dark skimate. This is about a weeks worth of skimate. Yes, I know, the skimmer needed cleaned again, and got cleaned up right after these pictures were taken

Awsome skimmate! Do you have tons of micros though or are you running the return through a sock? It looks like they are pouring into the return.

 

[theyammieguy]

I will be buying on hopefully by the end of the month. I was just wondering what the minimum space can be for the skimmer? I want my fuge to be as big as possible.

 

[reeftivo]

I measured it at about 6.7" x 10.4" so 7 x 10.5 is fine.

 

[rodcpierce]

reeftivo, I have no micro bubbles at all. The water coming out of the return doesnt have any in it at all. It just dumps into my sump, then goes through a bubble trap before the return pumps. But no micro bubbles and no sock. Love this skimmer!

 

[ryanb91]

I just ordered the nac6 to put on a 57 gal Illuminata cant wait to see it in action

 

[carlossilva]

Help needed, urgent

Help needed, urgent

Hello All,

I just bought a Bubble Magus Calcium reactor C100 but i just cannot have it working, Simply because there is no instructions.
Could someone please tell me how to get it started.

Thanks in advance

 

[Michi]

Hello!

I have some news for you.
Before i drilled the holes in my bubble plate, i ordered a new spare one from china, for the case the modd doesnt work.
Today it arrived here. It seems that they redesigned the Plate! The old one had 90mm diameter, the new one has 100mm.
The new one also has much more holes in it, as you see at the pictures.

Its amazing how much this changed the turbulence in the skimmer. The Surface inside the skimmer is totally calm now! Looks like a sea of bubbles. There is no "boiling" anymore! Even if you fully open the outlet.
I am really excited in the changes to the performance now!
Maybee i will try to countersink the holes in the next days.

Michael

 

[reeftivo]

Looks very similar to BK. How high is it and what site did you find it on? I need one of those badly!
Looks like a "huge", I mean "HUGE" improvement. Not that they really needed any!

 

[reeftivo]

Hello All,

I just bought a Bubble Magus Calcium reactor C100 but i just cannot have it working, Simply because there is no instructions.
Could someone please tell me how to get it started.

Thanks in advance

I may be able to help but try and contact them through their website first. I have some experience with reactors and they are all similar in principal so if you cant get info from them, then I'm sure we can help. Here's a nice calc page for precise set up but if it's too confusing let me know.
http://reef.diesyst.com/reactor/reactor.html

Tivo

 

[Michi]

I Have it from this site:
http://www.reefshops.com
I also bought the skimmer there.
It was 5€! Thats pretty ok i think!;-)

It is about 4cm high.

 

[reeftivo]

Cant find the bubble box on the site but I'll contact them to see.

Thanks for the info Michi!

 

[reeftivo]

reeftivo, I have no micro bubbles at all. The water coming out of the return doesnt have any in it at all. It just dumps into my sump, then goes through a bubble trap before the return pumps. But no micro bubbles and no sock. Love this skimmer!

Very nice set up! Great job!

 

[rtparty]

Michael that is awesome news! I will be calling some places to see where I can get the new bubble plate.

Looks like the new SWC cones just lost a small advantage they had.

 

[Michi]

Hi!

You are right they dont have listed it in the shop. I just wrote an email to them and asked for it. It was no problem at all. I took about a week to reach me.

 

[d0ughb0y]

noisy bm-100 atman pump

noisy bm-100 atman pump

I recently bought a used bm-100 and just started using it and it seems the pump noise is quite loud. I'd say its twice the loudness of my closed loop and return pump noise combined (both eheim pumps). other than the noise, the skimmer seems to work fine.

is there anything I can do to reduce the noise?

thanks.

 

[Michi]

Hi!

I dont have any noise issues at all. I cant almost here my skimmer.
What noise du you have? Is it a buzzing sound from the pump or is it because of the air? How old is the pump? Maybee you have to change the pump rotor.
I heard Nuocean.com has a pretty good service. So maybee you could ask them for help, if we dont find the problem here.

 

[d0ughb0y]

its from the pump, vibration. skimmer has the 4 cone shaped rubber footing and I made sure the skimmer is not touching the sump. I initially hear the air sucking sound on the silencer, but that disappeared after a day.

When I was cleaning the pump, I took out the impeller and a white washer fell out. I don't know if it came from the inner or outer side of the impeller shaft so I placed it on the outside for now. do you know if this is the right placement?

thanks.