The Life Reef Skimmer Club
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Not until tomorrow. I am bringing the MTC skimmer back then. I took these two pics before I took it down today. Check out how fine the bubbles are in the riser tube.
I would have hooked it up today but I can't get motivated to drain the sump and drill for the bulkhead.
Btw, tomorrow when I drop of the other skimmer we will be going over the design for the 30" recirculating skimmer. Should have that in a couple of weeks.
Ken
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bernie lyons
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MTC skimmer
MTC skimmer
Very impressive looking fine bubbles !
MTC skimmer
Not until tomorrow. I am bringing the MTC skimmer back then. I took these two pics before I took it down today. Check out how fine the bubbles are in the riser tube.
I would have hooked it up today but I can't get motivated to drain the sump and drill for the bulkhead.
Btw, tomorrow when I drop of the other skimmer we will be going over the design for the 30" recirculating skimmer. Should have that in a couple of weeks.
Ken
Very impressive looking fine bubbles !
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bernie lyons
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foam pad
foam pad
I wouldn't bother with the pad Ken as it is made of some type of foam and I didn't find it to really isolate the pumps vibration that much...It's up to you though to experiment.
foam pad
I wouldn't bother with the pad Ken as it is made of some type of foam and I didn't find it to really isolate the pumps vibration that much...It's up to you though to experiment.
krzyphsygy
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Anyone know what the diameter is of these skimmer? Life Reef skimmers? SVS3-24.
What about ratings? I know the site says 250 gallons but Jeff says the skimmer body is only 13 inches not including cup and neck I guess. Is 250 a good rating?
What about ratings? I know the site says 250 gallons but Jeff says the skimmer body is only 13 inches not including cup and neck I guess. Is 250 a good rating?
Speed
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the SVS3-24 is 6 inches in diameter and 23 inches tall to top of collection cup.(just went and measured mine)
the OP of this thread is using a SVS3-30 on a 350g system (with a pretty decent bio load) with success so the SVS3-24 will be fine for 250g. If worse came to worse Jeff makes a flanged spacer to increase the height of of the VS3(flanged) skimmer but if you're using within the 250g spec you should never need it.
Give Jeff a call, many folks can vouch he'll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Finally hooked up the SVS3-30 tonight. The skimmer and the pump is very quiet.
I set the level to about 1 1/2" below the top of the main chamber.
I was surprised to see after having it running that you don't really have all 30" for skimming. You have to minus whatever the height of the narrower chamber that the water first shoots into. No real skimming is done in that chamber. In the main body there are no bubbles from the bottom of the skimmer to the height of that narrow chamber. I didn't measure but maybe it's about 10".
This functions the same as his big skimmers that have the box on the bottom and like the MTC skimmer that I had. It keeps the bubbles from he returning to the sump.
Ken
I set the level to about 1 1/2" below the top of the main chamber.
I was surprised to see after having it running that you don't really have all 30" for skimming. You have to minus whatever the height of the narrower chamber that the water first shoots into. No real skimming is done in that chamber. In the main body there are no bubbles from the bottom of the skimmer to the height of that narrow chamber. I didn't measure but maybe it's about 10".
This functions the same as his big skimmers that have the box on the bottom and like the MTC skimmer that I had. It keeps the bubbles from he returning to the sump.
Ken
d2mini
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About 8.5" on my 30", which interestingly is at the same level as my water level.
Just a coincidence.
Btw, once your skimmer broke in, where did you set the level in term of the flange on the top of the skimmer.?
Uh oh, I got to leave Manhattan now and get home. I don't want to miss it happening at the 12 hour mark.
When I get home tonight I will move the level up an 1". I wanted to leave it lower just in case things overflowed.
Also if I had to do it again, I wouldn't have gotten the 8" cup. It is a waste of money and takes up too much room if you are going to use the drain and a a collection container.
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