The Life Reef Skimmer Club
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Drae
RAIDER NATION!
+1^^^^^ don't feed the troll's.
I'll give you MY opinion. I have the SVS3-30" with the Mag 12. I have also an MTC 36" recirculating skimmer and have been changing them out from time to time. Prior to these, I had a Bubble King Mini 160 and a Bubble King Double Cone 150 on this same tank at different times.
To get my opinion across, I'm not going to say which skimmers performed better. I will just say that my tank always looked good regardless of which skimmer I was running and there has never been any change in terms of getting any algae. So maybe all of these skimmers are "good enough"?
Now with that said, both the Lifereef and the MTC are easier to run as they don't get the calcium deposits in the venturis that the two BK needle wheel skimmers did.
Ken
Me.
My skimmer is a reef dynamics ins135e.
An asm g2 is rated to 200gal... Is that also a tru valuable rating?
bernie lyons
New member
oversized skimmers
oversized skimmers
Well I guess I'll chime on this one even though I resisted big time on this particular subject.
I've used nothing but oversized skimmers on all of my set up's; 8 systems over a span of 16 years +. However my systems were packed with corals and not so many fish , albeit , some large ones. Now when I talk about overesized skimmers I am talking about 3 X the volume I had in any of my tanks.
I never , ever , once had any "so -called overskimming issues" in any of my set up's.
Think about this , having a reasonably oversized skimmer adds to better oxygenation to the tank which yields better Ph stability especially at night time where the PH drops. Also and most importantly your ORP (oxidation reduction potential) - the strenght of oxidizers and reducers in relation to their concentrations.
This is a rather important aspect of maintaning you aquariums health in terms of water "quality" and or ability to keep the the electrolisis in check via higher oxygen levels being processed through a bigger protein skimmer.
Ofcourse there are always exceptions rather than the rule depending on your particular set up , but by in large having an oversized skimmer,I'm not suggesting getting an RK2 commercial skimmer ofcourse for a 100 gallon aquarium, will yield better maintenance to your aquariums daily and nightly activities that we don't see going on !
oversized skimmers
Well I guess I'll chime on this one even though I resisted big time on this particular subject.
I've used nothing but oversized skimmers on all of my set up's; 8 systems over a span of 16 years +. However my systems were packed with corals and not so many fish , albeit , some large ones. Now when I talk about overesized skimmers I am talking about 3 X the volume I had in any of my tanks.
I never , ever , once had any "so -called overskimming issues" in any of my set up's.
Think about this , having a reasonably oversized skimmer adds to better oxygenation to the tank which yields better Ph stability especially at night time where the PH drops. Also and most importantly your ORP (oxidation reduction potential) - the strenght of oxidizers and reducers in relation to their concentrations.
This is a rather important aspect of maintaning you aquariums health in terms of water "quality" and or ability to keep the the electrolisis in check via higher oxygen levels being processed through a bigger protein skimmer.
Ofcourse there are always exceptions rather than the rule depending on your particular set up , but by in large having an oversized skimmer,I'm not suggesting getting an RK2 commercial skimmer ofcourse for a 100 gallon aquarium, will yield better maintenance to your aquariums daily and nightly activities that we don't see going on !
Yogre
Cheesehead Reefer
I'm currently running a Water Blaster HY-7000 on my 30". Seems to work quite well.
EvMiBo
VictoriaConcordiaCrescit
Can't find where you mention which pump you're using. Which pump? So far so good I assume.
edit: I'm confused, you said you have the mag12 on the 30" body in post #744..?
Cool, 1800gph, if I can fit the 30" body in my sump I'm thinking jebao dc9000. You can run it at 80% (speed #3 ~1900gph) consuming approximately 56 watts, or 70% (speed #2 ~1675gph) consuming 49 watts.
These skimmers seem to be able to handle much more flow than advertised with the mag pumps...
Did you start out with a mag12? If so, did you notice a fair amount of increase in skimmate? What is your ball setting like with running 1800 gph through? Also, water level in skimmer? Skimming wet I assume?
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Read my post #740 - That is straight from Jeff. Also, he uses a mag12 on his svs24"
EvMiBo
VictoriaConcordiaCrescit
Right, that's what got me thinking of more powerful pumps (I've spoken with Jeff as well, I just like to ask people directly that are using larger output pumps). Now I'm asking myself if a 30" body with 18-1900gph of flow would be overkill for my tank, which currently has a low to medium bioload. Maybe I'll just start out with the stock 1200gph range. Still a month or so before I make a purchase so I'll continue to see what people say..
Put it this way, if you have the same bioload, and you run your same 30" skimmer. Your skimmer will produce skimmate much faster with 2k gph vs 1k gph and then go dormant for longer....
My skimmer probably is dormant about ~10 hours a day. So what I am curious about is, if with a Mag9 my skimmer is dormant for 10 hours, would it be dormant for less hours if I used a mag7 and less energy.
Or is there going to be a difference in the chunks of skimmate that get removed with a higher/lower water/air input or will it be the same and just have longer dormant periods.
This is what i will be looking for when I start running 1-2k through my svs24" on the new setup i am building right now
My skimmer probably is dormant about ~10 hours a day. So what I am curious about is, if with a Mag9 my skimmer is dormant for 10 hours, would it be dormant for less hours if I used a mag7 and less energy.
Or is there going to be a difference in the chunks of skimmate that get removed with a higher/lower water/air input or will it be the same and just have longer dormant periods.
This is what i will be looking for when I start running 1-2k through my svs24" on the new setup i am building right now
well, one can hope that in 15 years people are able to run their askoll trouble free that they had purchased over these last few years. Anybody have 15-20 year old askoll pumps in service? Eheims don't appear at all to exhibit motor problems when used as pinwheel pump. many sedras around going strong for 7-10 years now. I believe in longevity, when askoll has longevity, then they earn their place and reputation(I don't consider sedra any way equal to Eheim, but they work well for a long time when taken care of and they are actually a nice cost effective choice), til then, if it is a throw away like most pumps after 5 years, it is just another pump like a sicce surround by hype but falling short in long term reliability.
Yes I am skeptical of the hype... probably 90% of products out for the aquarium industry are all hyped up and exciting at first, then fall short and are nothing but problems and headaches for the consumer... I try not to jump on any bandwagons. I did in the past, cost me money I could have saved for my daughters future... So, I ask difficult questions and weed through the hype and BS... when the final outcome is a lifereef will cost 600 bucks or so and use 3-20x the watts every minute of every day... all to simply allow me to not have to spend 20 sec. once a week with running rodi through my airline... well.... puhlese.
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all day long for years and years one would feed a recirc. skimmer either 1-1.5x system volume(euro reef recommended and I think H&S) or 1.5-2x system volume(depending on company and who you talk to)... so, how, in a system that has around 200 or less gallons, is the sro 3000, that moves around 425gph ,too little water throughput? where did the idea that over 2x system volume is not enough water throughput come from?.. especially considering the high air draw of the sro vs many other skimmers of similar size.
laserjim
Another Day In Paradise
Why don't you take your problems to a different forum please. I'm trying to enjoy this one ! No need for your input. If you don't care for this skimmer, go to the skimmer forum you enjoy. I own a Corvette, I don't go to the Mustang forum and diss their car.
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