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12/29/2015, 07:32 PM | #76 | |
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@slief Is the neck cleaner like yours available for purchase anywhere? I own a vectra neck cleaner and while it keeps the neck clean, the outside of my skimmer cup gets super filthy and gunky. Just wondering if Royal Exclusiv sells anything similar. |
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12/29/2015, 07:44 PM | #77 | |
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12/29/2015, 08:55 PM | #78 |
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Scott, you're the man!
After I removed the platform under the skimmer the water level rose to 9.5 inches. I lowered and tuned the pump power to 21-22w, wedge pipe all open. Like you said, finer bubbles and very consistent. Here is a pic just after a good clean up and placed it back into the sump. And here after about 4 hours. 22 watts, almost half what I had it before. |
12/29/2015, 08:58 PM | #79 |
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My guess is that you may be able to close the wedge pipe a tiny bit after a couple days or bump the watts up about 1 watt. It looks like it's making really nice foam so a tad closed on the wedge may be all it takes if it even needs it.
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12/31/2015, 10:07 AM | #83 |
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Just setup my SM200 this past weekend. Looking at some of the photos and following the conversations here people are talking about the additional red line coming off the pump. I see clorox just put a black cap on it. I didn't receive a red line or cap with my skimmer unless it got discarded on accident. Do I need to cap that other inlet on my RD pump beside the air intake? What are the effects if I leave it open?
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Can you send me a PM with your order details please. I'll see what we can do. Thanks, Marco
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12/31/2015, 11:35 AM | #85 | |
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In the mean time, where did you order the simmer from? Send me or Marco (ReefClownMIA) a PM with your address and where you got the skimmer from and we will send you a new Ozone tube and cap if you can't find the one that should have come with the skimmer.
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I can probably find something to cap it with. Thanks for checking into it!
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01/07/2016, 07:42 PM | #88 |
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Here's this week load of organics!
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01/07/2016, 08:05 PM | #89 |
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Nice Confuse!
I've upgraded to the 180 from the 150 for my upcoming tank transfer. There is a substantial size difference but the motor and skimmers are tanks! Looking forward to the getting it in water. |
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Looking good man!!!!
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So I have never been 100% happy about my setup. I have the pipe almost completely and the pump running at full power to get the skimmate to the right height. The bubble line is pretty much at the neck bayonet. The water height is right within the RE specs from the manual. I love the skimmer, just seems like I really have to back the water flow off and keep the pump cranked to get the right height within the chamber.
I don't have any great pictures of just the skimmer but here are a couple that show the general layout. Any help would be appreciated. Here is a link to my build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2279526
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I am not really following what your issue is. I just checked your build thread because you left out some important info such as the model/size of the skimmer, your display size and fish load. It looks like you have a Double Cone 250 skimmer, 250 gallon display and from what I can tell, you don't have many fish in there. When you say you have the pump at full power, I assume you are talking about the RD3? What is the sump depth in the skimmer chamber from the bottom of the skimmer to the top of the sump water line? The best pump setting for the Double Cone 250 is about 37-38 watts. The lower the setting the finer the bubbles so I would start at 37 watts. Given your load, you are going to need to have the skimmer in at least 9" or more of water to get the water level where it transitions into foam up about 1" from the collar where the cup threads onto the body. You can close the wedge pipe to raise the water level inside the skimmer but if you have to close it more than half way, you should really raise the sump level. Closing it more than half way will likely cause a bit of surging in the skimmer because you end up restricting the flow out of the skimmer too much.
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Ok I will try to fill in the blanks
Skimmer: BK DC 250 with RD3 Tank: 270g display with 2 x ~40g sumps Fish load: light (marine betta, magnificent foxface, longnosed hawkfish, 2x golden rhomboid wrasse, sandy basslet, royal gramma, yellow tang) The RD3 runs at full watts. the skimmer is sitting in a smidge over 10" of water. If I dial the watts down, then the skimmer will not fill the reaction chamber high enough to do as you say it should. That's even with the wedge nearly closed shut. Even now running the RD3 at full power I have the wedge closed about 75% or more. I just thought it was weird when I read all of your descriptions of running your pumps at a lower wattage. When I get home I can dial down the wattage and see what happens again.
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By far the easiest to setup and most consistent skimmer I've had. Pulling out some good stuff, emptying a couple times a week.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the info slief.
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Ballpark figure in the auto neck cleaner without the fancy sprayer?
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skimmer PLEASE !!!
nice looking tanks,, and Skimmers,, I am needing a larger skimmer, started dosing vodka in my 175 gallon system, and I want a 300 gallon plus Maybe,, if anybody has something large for sale,,, PLEASE Let me know,, Thanks Guys And Gals,, Dennis
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Hi,
I have a couple of questions in regards to the operation of my BK with the view to trying to get the most out of it I have a DC 200 with the RD3 speedy pump. I've had it for a year and it's been working well. I run a Zeovit system with a total volume of approx 180gallons with 19 fish. (most small). Currently struggling to keep my No3 and PO4 intact so I'm questioning whether my BK is working as well as it should. My first query is in regards to the wattage display on the pump. When I press the buttons to increase the wattage, let's say to 60, a second later it reverts back to a lower setting, currently this i runnig at 36W. I've never understood this so perhaps someone could explain what the two numbers mean. Secondly, after reading this thread, I saw that a lot of recommendations were to have the red wedge pipe wide open. I had a look at mine and it's almost completely closed. It's been like this for most of the time, and I do get what I think looks like a good foam head, but now I'm not sure if the skimmer is performing optimally. It's currently sitting in approx 8 inches of water. Below is a pic of the foam head I get and I fill about 3/4 of the collection cup with medium brown stuff about every 5 days Any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks. |
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