REEF-DADDY
New member
btw you reccomneded to me a 280 6x3x2 a in post a while back. I ended up getting it and its awesome!
Updated pix of my ~450g fire hazard
- Thread starter moonpod
- Start date
Rip Current
Member
Hows the wavebox workin for ya in a tank that size?
moonpod
Premium Member
On the plus side:
Literally the tiniest finest bubbles I've ever seen and it's SUPER thick foam. Literally like a latte top.
The skimmer is dead silent
Of course the vaunted electrical effeciency
It's actually not that hard to "tune" or anything like that. It's breaking in now and I've got it set to run wet, but I doubt it'd be all that hard to run "dry".
Con side:
The outlet pumbing--it comes out the bottom and is a dual outlet system. I think it would be better as a single larger outlet and out the side--the current result is a skimmer that is taller than it needs to be and for me anyways the height is more of an issue than the width. Also the dual outlets make for more complex plumbing than need be (remember mine is external).
The inlet--it feeds through the pump inlet via a one inch fitting. I don't like that location. I think it'd be better somewhere on the body of the skimmer. Course exactly where is an interesting question b/c the entire mass of bubbles goes vertically up and collides with itself on the way down--it doesn't swirl in a circle like say a Deltec but rather the bubbles go straight up like in a CC skimmer.
Literally the tiniest finest bubbles I've ever seen and it's SUPER thick foam. Literally like a latte top.
The skimmer is dead silent
Of course the vaunted electrical effeciency
It's actually not that hard to "tune" or anything like that. It's breaking in now and I've got it set to run wet, but I doubt it'd be all that hard to run "dry".
Con side:
The outlet pumbing--it comes out the bottom and is a dual outlet system. I think it would be better as a single larger outlet and out the side--the current result is a skimmer that is taller than it needs to be and for me anyways the height is more of an issue than the width. Also the dual outlets make for more complex plumbing than need be (remember mine is external).
The inlet--it feeds through the pump inlet via a one inch fitting. I don't like that location. I think it'd be better somewhere on the body of the skimmer. Course exactly where is an interesting question b/c the entire mass of bubbles goes vertically up and collides with itself on the way down--it doesn't swirl in a circle like say a Deltec but rather the bubbles go straight up like in a CC skimmer.
moonpod
Premium Member
As I stated I am not sure where else to put the feed inlet without interfering with the water flow.
As for the outlets, the 400 and up externals as far as I know still use dual outlets. It's more an annoyance that given what you pay IMO shouldn't be there. I mean realistically a 50mm outlet (essentially the same as a 1.5") can handle passively 1400+gph. You don't need to flow anything near that through there. So IMO, a single outlet would work fine, but whatever.
Also, this is quibbling. Very, very seriously, the foam is unreal in this thing. I thought the Deltec made a thick foam...this is well beyond that.
As for the outlets, the 400 and up externals as far as I know still use dual outlets. It's more an annoyance that given what you pay IMO shouldn't be there. I mean realistically a 50mm outlet (essentially the same as a 1.5") can handle passively 1400+gph. You don't need to flow anything near that through there. So IMO, a single outlet would work fine, but whatever.
Also, this is quibbling. Very, very seriously, the foam is unreal in this thing. I thought the Deltec made a thick foam...this is well beyond that.
moonpod
Premium Member
I am not going for nog really. Wet skimming....I don't want to clean the neck often (there's no selfcleaning head on this thing, so I am going for wet skimming to cut down on neck cleaning...also, I have the thing set to drain constantly (I plumbed a drain line as well as water line in to the cabinet area so nothng collects in the cup....
I often wondered if anyone plumbed a skimmer drain out to a french drain outside ? or any other such leech bed for drainage. It would seem that it would make some nice plant/flower fertilizer, but I may be off base on that.
I am also interested to hear about the BK (although I just bought/invested in a Deltec 902, so no new skimmers in my futures for a while, unless I am forced to
).
What are you planning to use for your calcium reactor ? or is this going to be FOWLR ?
I am also interested to hear about the BK (although I just bought/invested in a Deltec 902, so no new skimmers in my futures for a while, unless I am forced to
).What are you planning to use for your calcium reactor ? or is this going to be FOWLR ?
moonpod
Premium Member
The movement is different. The RDs are the 12.5m RDs, so figure on US current they move 3500+gph. The waveboxes create a back and forth rocking motion. You still need current to move things. I am now using the second wavebox, but it's not having an impressive effect, so I am thinking of going back to just one.
Similar threads
