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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Oh yeah I also took the bleeder valve off of it and I am running it stright connection to the airpump.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Not a prob here u go! It is starting to really work great. When I first had it running. It would skim and then not and bounce between about 8" high in the riser and where it is in the pic. I tried to raise the foam height and ended up pumping about 25 gallons of saltwater out of the tank. So...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Foaming like crazy now. It is like nothing I have ever seen. dry foam is starting just below the cup.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Got it sealed up pretty nice. just a very little leak between the riser and the body and i can deal with that. I used neoprene washers on the bolt heads and they seemed to do the trick. I brought the water height up a bit but it hasn't started foaming yet. in a couple hours it should be peachy.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    No not really. Only because I haven't been able to bring the foam height up. I have to pick up some new nylon bolts today to try to get the riser connection to seal properly. They have been on order for two weeks. Not the skimmers fault. It is producing a ton of foam just no way for me to get...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Yeah it was definately hand cleaned before use. Not the outside just the inside. martha stewart I am not. :) thanks tom
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    will do! I will probably have to make a new collection cup too. the riser connection joint is a little leaky so I don't know how high i can put it with out losing some water. But that is no biggie.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Mojo, Thanks for all the help and inspiration on this project. It is truely an unbelieveable skimmer that you have come up with. Tom
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Skimmer is breaking in nicely now! a few hours later
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Foam is about 3" up the neck this morning. Slowly but surely it is breaking in.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    weird, never got notification of your first post. It is just breaking in. The bubbles are about an inch up the neck now. It is on my tank but there is a lot of newly mixed saltwater 150gals + 90gals old water that it is skimming. ( not freshwater :) I always love that on RC when people test...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Definately. I messed a bit with the stones today but put everything back as I had it. It seems like the way I have it set now that it should skim. I don't know what changed but it is less turbulent now and it is trying to make foam a little. I do think its a break-in thing. The only thing I...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    I just checked the air. The hartford loop is keeping the level constant. So I capped it and shut the air off. Then turned it on full blast. It brought the water level in the tube 2" at the most higher. I don't know if this pump is doing the job? 2" out of 36 isn't 20%. It is the same one that...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Its weird. When I crank up the air there is no way a bubble is staying on the surface of the water. The air rushing to the surface just tosses the bubbles all over the place and they aren't really able to foam. when I bleed off alot of air. the bubbles stay longer but there is not enough air to...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    The more I look at the skimmer. I think I have one stone that is letting out a lot more air out then the other three. I am going to pull it and plug the hole and see if that helps. i think that is what is causing the turbulence.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Mike, I don't think I can get 20% with this air pump. I have the water level set like 3" under the transition and with the air on full it makes it to the transition. I don't know if this is a weak pump or what. I wonder if I lower the stones more that the water will be less turbulent. Part of...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Cool, I am going to let it run for a while. It was weird when I was filling the skimmer and the air was on it skimmed up some stuff on top but then when put the riser on it and raised the water level it just kinda got crazy. I'll give it some time. It has been a crazy week of fish stuff.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    I fired it up today. So far nothing. It just acts like it is boiling the water. I will let it break in more. But I think it is way too turbulent to get good foam. I tried bleeding air off. it makes it less turbulent but it doesn't make anymore foam. Iam hoping it just needs to break in more and...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Skimmer Update: I glued 3/8" acrylic to the top and bottom of the pvc tube with weldon 16. The top got a hole routed in it to fit to the 6" riser It also was drilled and tapped for 3/8" nylon bolts. I am hoping that it will seal well enough with a little teflon tape on the threads. I went...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Here is a pic of what I have going so far. I am going to have to tap the acrylic in order to get the flange to work the way I need it to. stones and parts should be here thursday
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