I've had my SRO 1000 INT up and running for two weeks now. It's still not skimming as efficiently as I'd like it to. When I feed my fish it kills the skimmer for hours...Is my skimmer still breaking in? Any suggestions or thoughts?
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Skimmer not skimming?
- Thread starter dirtycontour
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55g DT with a 20 long sump filled about 3/4 of the way. Its a decent bioload. Two Ocellaris clowns, two bengaii cardinals, royal gramma, lubbocks fairy wrasse, yellow watchman goby and a yellow tang. I feed two frozen cubes and a square of nori a day. I run an ATS as well. The tank has been up for three and a half years.
I found that my skimmer doesn't always skim either. Only when I do what changes, clean my rocks with a turkey baster, or swap out my filter media. Id like to think with a rather clean tank that it wont always skim simply because there is nothing to skim. When it's not skimming much at all I'll lowerthe cup on my Hydor skimmer so at least that way it's skimming a little wet.
It's sits in 5.5" and the gate is adjusted. I'm assuming the venturi is clear since it's only been running a little more than two weeks. It's the INT.
The skimmer may still be breaking in. Feeding can kill the foam head in a skimmer depending on what you feed. If you're feeding frozen try thawing the cubes and then using a fine net rinse the food. Depending on the brand you will be amazed how much "cleaner" it is once rinsed. Also where do you have the level of the water inside the skimmer set at?
I rinsed my food today and it only killed the skimmer for a few minutes compared to a few hours. That was an easy fix!
The water level is probably 1/5 of the way up the cone, if that makes sense.
You may be running the water level too low in the skimmer. I have the nwb-110 which I believe has the same body design and I run the internal level of the skimmer about an inch below the black part on the neck and it skims great. Maybe try to raise the level a bit and see if it helps
Will do, thank you.
can you put up a pic of your water level that sounds way to low?
When I spoke with reef octopus, they told me you want roughly pea size bubbles getting to the bottom of the skimmer cup. I will take a picture of what mine looks like.
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I'll get a pic tonight. I'm stuck at work til 11:30.
Thank you, a picture would help.
Here is a picture of how I have been running my skimmer. I have been running it on the wetter side.
This is what I get in a little over a day.
This is what reef octopus says it should look like, at least from what I got out of the phone conversation.
I have the neck extension installed so I can close the waste gate more then most can.
I have 3 of them.
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This is what I get in a little over a day.
This is what reef octopus says it should look like, at least from what I got out of the phone conversation.
I have the neck extension installed so I can close the waste gate more then most can.
I have 3 of them.
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http://www.fragtasticreef.com/Reef-...k-Extensions-Reef-Octopus-Neck-Extensions.htm
I think you would need the Neck 170? Mine was the neck 250. It is really nice because you can trap the bubbles in the skimmer longer and it boosts the eff of a great skimmer to a better skimmer. I was also able to lower the skimmer in my sump. I originally had it on a 3" platform now it sits on my sump floor. Looks nicer and nothing builds up under the platform any more.
I think you would need the Neck 170? Mine was the neck 250. It is really nice because you can trap the bubbles in the skimmer longer and it boosts the eff of a great skimmer to a better skimmer. I was also able to lower the skimmer in my sump. I originally had it on a 3" platform now it sits on my sump floor. Looks nicer and nothing builds up under the platform any more.
The bubbles in my neck are large and popping. I am still getting skimmate but it's wetter than I'd like. If I shut the gate anymore I think I'll overflow the cup...I guess I'll leave it for now and see if it "breaks in" any better?