Pictures of new AquaC EV120

[Krish]

I finally got my skimmer today and I have it installed under my stand. So far everything seems to be running just fine. I don't think it will produce anything because the water was skimmed for a month from day one without any fish in it so the true test will come when I add my fish load. Hope you'll enjoy and if anyone has one of these skimmers and can give me a few tips I'm all ears.

 

[Marc]

If you shine down a flashlight through the reaction chamber where the bubble occur, you'll see an internal horizontal baffle running parallel with the top of the black box. I tried to keep the water "boiling" right at that baffle. This is about 1" below the top of the black box.

The foam will build up from there. I used my Aqua C for two years, and let me tell you this: It will make a foam tower and later there will be none. A few hours later, a tower again... it is very random, and I hadn't touched the tank, added food nor topped off. It worked great, and was cleaned about every 3 or 4 months, including the injectors themselves. That is very important. I'd clean the pump around that time as well.

The cup and neck of the skimmer was cleaned every 3 days, minimum.

 

[Sushi Reef]

i want one i want one

looks great krish .. where'd ya' get it

 

[Krish]

Thanks Adam. I got it from one of the sponsors Premium Aquatics. Infact I only shop there now. They've got incredible customer service and everything is always on time.

Marc, thank you for your input. I understand completely what you are saying. It sort of works like my old skimmer in that the water level in the chamber is set at a constant height and only the foam production would change. I just spent an hour getting to know it a bit watching it adjust up and down. My water level is right to horizontal baffle you spoke about and the foam at first, was a where you see it in the picture above and after I'd say about 1/2 hour it started to go down a bit. I don't expect it to do much because like I said, I have no bioload in there what so ever.

Just for fun I closed the gate valve enough to see what would happen in case of a flood...Don't try it LOL.

 

[wrightme43]

If you wanna see it skim just toss in dead shrimp. LOL
It looks nice Krish. I have seen one of those just sitting but never in operation. I hear they are a good skimmer though. Congrats, and when do you put your first livestock in?

 

[Oscapus]

I have had nothing but frustration with the larger EV-180, just like the post above, the foam collapses randomly (in addition the the expected collapse after feeding mysis shrimp). Just when it gets going good and I get a tiny bit of foam going into the collection cup, I lose the foam pushed from below. Then I have to feed, and by midnight the foam is up again, just to collapse again well before spilling into the collection cup. I just can't seem to get it to effectively pull anything out of my tank. I have tried different water levels in the skimmer and the 1" below the top plate does seem to work (actually a little higher is best), but it never gets a chance to keep it up for very long. I had been using ozone, but discontinued that to see if it was the variable or problem. No improvement.

In addition, I have had problems with the manufacturer. My 180 soon developed crazing and cracking problems, and it took several months of prodding before I finally got a replacement skimmer from AquaC. That replacement did not have the JG ozone/ca reactor fitting like my original, and when when I asked for a new one, the company severed all communication with me. Does anybody out there want to buy a brand new factory sealed EV-180 without the JG fitting for $250? I am sorry, but I cannot recommend it.

 

[Krish]

Thanks Steve. Not to change the subject, but I've heard of using shrimp to cycle a tank. Is that true or is it better to just use fish. I'm just about ready to add livestock to start cycling.

 

[Krish]

Thant's no problem "Oscapus". It's the same thing that happens with cars or anything. You buy a brand new mustang and it runs great. Someone else buys the same mustang and spends thousands changing parts. I just hope I don't get a lemon this time. LOL

 

[nasher8860]

Oscapus, and Krish : what kind/size pumps are you guys running????

 

[Krish]

I'm runing the mag5 which was reccommended.