NyReefNoob
skimmer freak
Mr right what size tank do you have ? the 180 is too much skimmer on anything under a 100g ive had 2 in18'son my 80g+ system heavy stocked with corals and fish and i feed alot, just was too muh for my tank
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Modding a Gen I IN-100
Modding a Gen I IN-100
Not sure if anyone has tried this or not but I have decided to Mod my IN-100 to mock the NAC7. I am going to be making a space saver version of the IN-100 and putting the pump in the bottom. I will be posting pics along the way. Any input would be appreciated from the ones with more experience.
Modding a Gen I IN-100
Not sure if anyone has tried this or not but I have decided to Mod my IN-100 to mock the NAC7. I am going to be making a space saver version of the IN-100 and putting the pump in the bottom. I will be posting pics along the way. Any input would be appreciated from the ones with more experience.
reeftivo
Skim junkie
I just placed a tunze hydrofoamer pump on an IN80 I had in my garage and decided to test it out. I have it running in a tote in my garage and it is Completely milked out. I have the wedge pipe wide open and it's running in 8 inches of water. I can tell that once it settles in it will over flow like a maniac. I'm running it in 8 inches in the tote because thats what I run my sump at and I wanted to see what it would do. Anyone else running a hydrofoamer on an 80 or 100 and if so, what water level are you running it at.
It was easy to install. I just put a few wraps of teflon tape around the collar of the hydrofoamer and used the vertex pvc 90 that was for the stock pump. I have the hydrofoamer standing with the intake pointing downward.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Tivo
It was easy to install. I just put a few wraps of teflon tape around the collar of the hydrofoamer and used the vertex pvc 90 that was for the stock pump. I have the hydrofoamer standing with the intake pointing downward.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Tivo
NyReefNoob
skimmer freak
not a sedra on the vertex skimmers
poolkeeper1
New member
Pump
Pump
Not a Sedra, It's a Resun that has many issues from rust problems to speed variation Broken shafts Overflow issues and on and on. Go back and read the thread from the start.
Bill:dance:
Pump
Not a Sedra, It's a Resun that has many issues from rust problems to speed variation Broken shafts Overflow issues and on and on. Go back and read the thread from the start.
Bill:dance:
jonnybravo22
New member
just cleaned the collection cup on my stock Vertex In-80 running on my Elos System 70.
It made me realize how great this skimmer is out of the box w/ no adjustments. i'm sure there are better skimmers, but for only paying around $150 for this when i bought
it new, it's been running for more than a year and it's pulling it's weight in skimmate.
i'll have the espresso with extra chunks please.
all clean
It made me realize how great this skimmer is out of the box w/ no adjustments. i'm sure there are better skimmers, but for only paying around $150 for this when i bought
it new, it's been running for more than a year and it's pulling it's weight in skimmate.
i'll have the espresso with extra chunks please.
all clean
chernandez
New member
just got my In-80 body only, been reading info trying to figure out what pump to get
chernandez
New member
thanks for the link
bb and sicce are the ones I'm looking into
bb and sicce are the ones I'm looking into
Since the impeller revision was made from the Gen I pumps, the durability has been much better with these. The motorblock itself is very strong, it's the impeller which had the issues. Every now and then we still hear of one failing, but in all reality if the impeller is right from the start, simple maintenance such as a good cleaning every few months should make the pump last for quite a while.
NyReefNoob
skimmer freak
well i joined the club for a 3rd time after having 2 in180's which were too much for my system i got a gen3 in100, just feel the pump isnt enough for the skimmer thinking if air was closer too 600 this would make this a killer skimmer, so before long will be changing out pumps to either the new sicce or a tunze, like the bb1000 but air is the same as the factory pump
NyReefNoob
skimmer freak
well just waiting for my airstar mini to arrive and i will be trying this pump out on the in100 gen 3. the one thing i think they didnt get right on these skimmers is the amount of air, the in100 has i think 420 lph and i think this body will handle more around 600 or so, so hoping this pump works out without to much mod to get it to fit
NyReefNoob
skimmer freak
well got the airstar, was pretty easy to get it too fit, forgot to take photo's , currently using the small pp on it and can you say WHAT A DIFFERANCE. i mean night and day in how this skimmer is performing within 4 hour's, i dont need to close the valve 3\4 of the way to get a head now either
poolkeeper1
New member
Pump Swap
Pump Swap
Vertex skimmers are great once you put a good pump on them. I see nothing they can do to the Resun pump to make it compare to any replacement out there other than to totally start from scratch with a new design. No Impellar will solve the rust issues with this pump or the air draw/water mixture. JMO
Bill:thumbdown
Pump Swap
Vertex skimmers are great once you put a good pump on them. I see nothing they can do to the Resun pump to make it compare to any replacement out there other than to totally start from scratch with a new design. No Impellar will solve the rust issues with this pump or the air draw/water mixture. JMO
Bill:thumbdown
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