So I just bought a new skimmer!!

[Chioru]

can u give us an update? How is it performing after a week?

 

[Anonymous]

It's great. Sorry I can't get a good shot of the pic today.. a little dark. I'll try tomorrow. Basically, it's pulled out more junk than I ever knew I had. But I'd totally recommend this skimmer. No doubt.

~wings~

 

[Anonymous]

Buuuummmmppp!! For Len. I cleaned it this weekend. Got a lot of gunk out of the top (~1/16" of an inch), and about 3/4" of nasty stuff in the collection cup. I'm very happy.

~wings~

 

[ldrhawke]

Another approach to improve a skimmer performance is to buy a less expense skimmer and modify it. The one in the picture is a modified ER 5-3 with 18" section added to the bottom along with a larger recirculation pump. It performs super. It remove a half gallon per week of black goop.

 

[ldrhawke]

ldrhawke

http://homepage.mac.com/johnlaurenson/ReefTank/Personal41.html

 

[Anonymous]

My issue was the footprint of the skimmer. In your case, what happens when your skimmer decides to blow a gasket somewhere in your joints? I wanted to make sure it was contained in my sump. I had a bad experience with one leaking, and I ended up replacing my tank stand as a result. 8O Not fun.

~wings~

 

[ldrhawke]

My issue was the footprint of the skimmer. In your case, what happens when your skimmer decides to blow a gasket somewhere in your joints? I wanted to make sure it was contained in my sump. I had a bad experience with one leaking, and I ended up replacing my tank stand as a result. 8O Not fun.

~wings~

Now you are comparing and in tank skimmer to an external skimmer. I understand your concern, I had a skimmer before that had flat gaskets and a half dozen screws to take off everytime I cleaned out the collection cup. I had trouble getting it to seal and not drip water.

This skimmer has o-ring connections and uses spin couplings that are designed for 300 psig and only see .25 psig at most. I have never had a leak on the o-ring connection.

I understand your concern. The bottom of my stand is a pan with a lip. It can hold 2 gallons of water before overflowing onto the floor. The pan has a audibile alarm that sounds off if I get any water in the pan.

 

[Ben1]

Nice looking skimmer lrdhawke! Is that a mod of a ASM?

I personally hate coralife products as most of the stuff I have gt from them has been junk made with cheap material.

 

[ldrhawke]

Nice looking skimmer lrdhawke! Is that a mod of a ASM?

I personally hate coralife products as most of the stuff I have gt from them has been junk made with cheap material.

Thanks.....a EuroReef I bought on Ebay for $100.My WEB site has a few more photos during testing.

 

[Anonymous]

My issue was the footprint of the skimmer. In your case, what happens when your skimmer decides to blow a gasket somewhere in your joints? I wanted to make sure it was contained in my sump. I had a bad experience with one leaking, and I ended up replacing my tank stand as a result. 8O Not fun.

~wings~

Now you are comparing and in tank skimmer to an external skimmer. I understand your concern, I had a skimmer before that had flat gaskets and a half dozen screws to take off everytime I cleaned out the collection cup. I had trouble getting it to seal and not drip water.

This skimmer has o-ring connections and uses spin couplings that are designed for 300 psig and only see .25 psig at most. I have never had a leak on the o-ring connection.

I understand your concern. The bottom of my stand is a pan with a lip. It can hold 2 gallons of water before overflowing onto the floor. The pan has a audibile alarm that sounds off if I get any water in the pan.

Sounds like you've got it way under control! Cool Beans. 8) (Cool skimmer, btw, 'didn't want to sound hobnobish )

~wings~