Cone Skimmer thread, up for Discussion!

[CarlaW]

Gee...................................................................I might have to give that a look.

 

[luke33]

Very nice Poseidon! I may hit you up in the future for some of those frags if you don't mind.

 

[CarlaW]

Damn, hijacked again.

 

[luke33]

No doubt. You RF'rs just can't stop!

 

[Poseidon]

LOL!!! Sorry.

Luke, I am sure we can work something out!

 

[CarlaW]

No doubt. You RF'rs just can't stop!

Hey, the only good thread is a hijacked one. More gets discussed that way.

 

[luke33]

So Mike, how large of a tank do you have? Any FTS's. Just curious what you plan on putting the K-1 up against.

 

[Poseidon]

Ask and ye shall see! The display is a standard 90, with a CPR overflow.

Full tank shot from September:

And my sump:

The K-1 will replace the MR-2 that you see on the left. I will also be redoing the entire sump area, I will reduce the volume of water down in the basement, and raise the water closer to the basement ceiling, so I can reduce size of my return pump. I'm thinking a 30-50 gallon tank for a sump, and a 15 gallon fuge. (I may add a 10 gallon tank for a frag rack....)

 

[luke33]

Very nice Mike, i'm sure the K-1 will kick some butt on that system. Awesome sps tank! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Poseidon]

Thanks! It has been a work in progress, and everything is coming together nicely now.

 

[krisfal]

So on the cone skimmers how accurate are the tank ratings? For example the medium ATB cone shows a rating of up to 480 gallons and the new SWC model this thread started from luke rated at up to 500 gallons. Does this mean I could really get sufficient skimming for my total water volume of 417 gallons in a SPS dominate tank, with a few tangs and a large angel that I like to feed well? Or should I look more at something that has a rating much higher than my tank volume?

Thanks,

 

[luke33]

Kris, the rating i put on an swc with two sicce's is for a moderately stocked 500g tank so it'll handle a 500g no prob.

 

[CarlaW]

Would the optional mesh mod they offer be worth it?

 

[luke33]

You could throw on the mesh and the skimmer would go up in rating. As long as the pump's startup i don't see any probs with mesh. I personally would just run pw's for simplicity, but if i had the single sicce cone i would run mesh to get that extra air pull.

 

[CarlaW]

For us folks that haven't bought a new skimmer for 8-9 years, what are pw's.

Sorry for the dumb question, but it is early.

 

[danno14]

PW = Pinwheel?

 

[luke33]

Yep pw = pinwheel, mw = meshwheel, nw = needlewheel

 

[CarlaW]

Thanx people!!! These acronyms are gonna kill me.

 

[Sakimaru8]

Charlie,

Here is a picture from Marinesolutions: left is meshwheel & right is the pinweel. The meshwheel is attached to the magnet impeller.

View attachment 29936

 

[Poseidon]

Okay, what is the difference between PINwheel and Needlewheel?