New Skimmer

[Craig Manoukian]

OMG. What are you doing? Using your swimming pool as an aquarium? How big of a tank do you have for that? Shouldn't that large of a skimmer be sufficient for well over 1000 gallons?

Mike has a 750 Gallon SPS System. Click here to see the thread!

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5253&page=1&pp=15

 

[Mike HArrington]

MOjo,

Most impressive!
You amaze me man.

You actually inspired my tank without reallyknowing it

I love that 90 degree look you have so that is why I am setting my 270 up to be edge on viewable as well as frontal traditional

 

[Reefrubble]

Mike,my new skimmer reaction chamber is a 13" octagon 46" tall. what pump would you recommend, Also size,and number of air stones? TIA Ted

 

[Reefrubble]

Can anyone here help me with this question Ted

 

[robthorn]

your kidding ted air stones?

 

[Reefrubble]

No joke Rob,the air driven CC skimmers are the way to go. With the new air pumps,and the new air stones,these skimmers kick butt. Ted

 

[Reefrubble]

Rob, come to the ANCHOR meeting next saturday,and you will see my new skimmer. Ted

 

[robthorn]

is it at your house?

 

[Reefrubble]

No it's at Steves house in Tarpon Springs.Look in the post, January ANCHOR meeting. You know where. Ted

 

[ldrhawke]

No joke Rob,the air driven CC skimmers are the way to go. With the new air pumps,and the new air stones,these skimmers kick butt. Ted

We want pictures.....we want pictures....we want pictures

 

[Reefrubble]

I can't post pics,because they exceed the filesize limit,and I don't know how to change that.

 

[Reefrubble]

This is my new skimmer body,me friend Steve M,made for me. 13" X46" tall.

 

[steven m]

If you would Like to is more pics of the diy skimmer see my web site
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/myreef/Diyskimmer.htm
Well start a new post thanks steve

 

[NaH2O]

Welcome to Reef Frontiers!!! Hope you enjoy the site. That's some skimmer!

 

[Reefrubble]

Thanks Nikki, I can hardly wait to get it up,and running. I'm looking for the air pump,and air stones now. Ted Ps I think I need to start a new thread. I'm sorry I didn't want to highjack this thread.

 

[dynareef]

Just a comment regarding the issues with the Ocean Runner pumps. I am having a custom skimmer constructed, and have asked for the Hailea pumps that the manufacturer normally uses to be replaced with Ocean Runners.

I notice from the schematic on the first page of this thread that the height from skimmer base to top of reaction chamber is about 60", or 1.52 m, and of course the skimmer neck would increase this further. Having read through the documentation on the AquaMedic website after reading Mike's issues, I notice that the OR pumps are only rated to a maximum depth of 1m. I know AquaMedic does make some very tall skimmers themselves, but perhaps this goes some way to explaining Mike's "weak" pumps?

 

[mojoreef]

Yea dyna probibly. In that version of the unit the pumps were only under about a foot of water the balance was just foam. I just found the pumps to not produce enough air bubbles.


MIke

 

[Detri]

Nice work Steve m

 

[Reefrubble]

I talked with Kevin,at Aquatic Eco Systems about air pumps,and defusers. He stated that to get the super fine bubbles you need for a skimmer, you need ultra fine pore stones,and a compressor with a min of 25 PSI. He said the bubbles from the fine pore Oxygen / Ozone stones come no where near as fine as the ones from the lime wood defusers. Ted

 

[dgasmd]

I talked with Kevin,at Aquatic Eco Systems about air pumps,and defusers. He stated that to get the super fine bubbles you need for a skimmer, you need ultra fine pore stones,and a compressor with a min of 25 PSI. He said the bubbles from the fine pore Oxygen / Ozone stones come no where near as fine as the ones from the lime wood defusers. Ted

Let me be as blunt as I can and tell you they have no idea what they are talking about. I spent as much time on the phone with them as a human can tolerate to listen to their babble crap, and my conclusion at the end is that we were talking about 2 complitely different animals. They have no idea of the type of bubble sizes we are looking for, differences, etc. Even after you given them a mini lecture about it, they are too arrogant and know-it-all to pay attention to anything you said.