My new SWC160 Cone skimmer

[noodleman]

look what came in the mail today! :flower: It's the newest skimmer from SWC that was just released last week :teeth:

 

[juiceguy]

cool skimmer. i have the 250 1a and it pulls some nasty nog.

 

[NYreefNoob]

what pump is that ? and lmk how you truelly like it in 2 months after it is broken in.

 

[noodleman]

i believe its a atman 2500....here's the specs on it http://saltwaterconnection.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=116
this will be replacing my DAS EX-2 (broke one of the pumps and too lazy to deal with petorama :tongue

 

[aznt1217]

dude that thing is sexy.

 

[KathyC]

That is a sweet looking skimmer Noodle - do you actually have a tank to put it on? lol

 

[Alex]

nice skimmer!!

is that a gate valve for water control?

 

[noodleman]

kathy, there's always a tank to put things on

alex, yup that gate valve is for water level control

 

[jerl77]

action pics yet?

 

[noodleman]

action pics yet?

just got home today to installed it and clean my very very dirty old skimmer :dead1: i'll have action shots once it breaks in

 

[noodleman]

well here's some pics when it was just installed, and the last pic is after 3hours. it's forming a pretty nice foam head already :flower:

 

[joemonterroso]

wow mice..:lol_large:cheers:

 

[noodleman]

and at 8 hours the skimming begins...

 

[E.intheC]

looking good. how do you like it after a few weeks?

 

[noodleman]

still skimming like a champ and so easy to clean

 

[E.intheC]

that's great! Have you found you have to clean the combo mesh/needle wheel impeller more often than normal?

Also, how quiet do you say this skimmer is?

 

[noodleman]

i never owned a pure meshwheel skimmer before, so i can't comment on that. but the skimmer is pretty quiet, it also has 4 rubber tabs on the bottom to prevent vibratons

 

[cmagallon]

Nice
I just order one too, should be arriving Thursdays.

 

[E.intheC]

Any updates?