The twist lock flanges are finally done! (Pic)

[kentrob11]

uh- Yeah. Everything included this skimmer cost me about $160 to make. Granted, I have a lot of nice equipment at my disposal to use so it was a little easier for me than it would be for some people. In all fairness tho, I think a better comparison for this skimmer would be the Euroreef RC100 or 135, which is still 3X the price I paid to make this one. I called this a Deltec clone cuz it look more like the Deltec than the ER. I'm not sure how this would fare against a Deltec AP600 but considering the Deltec has a 500gph pump that pulls more air and is rated for 200G I'd say the Deltec would hand this thing it's rear If I made this a bit taller and mounted a 2400 I think we'd see a better contest.

 

[chadfarmer]

i could give you a comparison


to be honest with you i am not pleased with the ap600

 

[dphins]

Go bubble king!

 

[kentrob11]

Chad- Do you have any detectable nutrient levels or algae?

 

[chadfarmer]

algae

everything else bad is 0

I cant test for phosphates because I loaned my test kit out


but I run rowa phos and is fairly new

 

[chadfarmer]

skimmer gods must have heard me


this thing is skimming like crazy after i posted i wasnt happy

 

[astrea]

-Deltec master I mean Chad, the skimmer gods want you to get a bigger Deltec . Seriously though have you tried increasing the flow through the skimmer and sump, is the water level right, have you cleaned the pump lately blah blah blah..............
Also I have skimmate like mad but still have algae, so i have increased the water level and flow through the skimmer to see if a lighter skimmate might solve the nutrient issue.If you don't feed your fish then you potentialy have nutrients in your rock?

-Kentrob let me be the first one to say this "I wanna buy stock in your company"Once the prototype is complete when does mass production start? I even have a name"Kentoreef"

 

[chadfarmer]

i feed my fish a little spirulina

and i have 3x the amount through my skimmer feed with my overflow

i clean the pump every 2 weeks

i really am wondering about the nutrients in the rock


it funny i get a little skimmate all week and in 1 day i get more skimmate than i did all week and is just as nasty


i am in talks with Kentoreef to buy the company (at-least some of his corals)

 

[DARKSILENTTYPE]

Chap did you get my PM about the stags from kentoreef

John

 

[chadfarmer]

kent is no longer sell anything

sorry

 

[DARKSILENTTYPE]

That sucks really wanted one of those blue stags .

I hooked that second genx6000 needlewheel pump to my skimmer .I'm getting about 2 cups of brown skimmate out of it a day now .You should see this thing go .

 

[chadfarmer]

its making up for wasted time

 

[kentrob11]

Did you mount the pumps closer to the skimmer body or are they still mounted the same as before?

 

[kentrob11]

Heh- Kentoreef...Sounds pretty gay doesn't it? I'm passing ownership of Kentoreef Inc. to chad....I'm too busy! Then again, we'll see how this Eheim thing turns out.....

 

[chadfarmer]

i bought a 1260 eheim

will have it in about a week

 

[kentrob11]

Plain or needlewheel? WHen my CNC guy finishes the parts we can try putting then on yours and see what happens...

 

[chadfarmer]

Plain

 

[kentrob11]

Cool....Gettin closer man. I'll bet that in a month or so we'll have one done and ready to test dude...

 

[chadfarmer]

do you have all the skimmers sold

 

[kentrob11]

Nope- I've got one, maybe 2 sold....E.A.G.L.E.S wanted tone but I haven't heard from him in a while...I still haven't finished any of them tho. I've been so busy I haven't had too much time to dedicate to them I'm hoping to have one completely done this weekends and the other two to follow soon after.