I've been running my Remora for about 5 months now. The microbubbles didn't truly go away until I bought and installed the preskimmer. Of course, now I REALLY need to keep up with my top offs.
As for the sound, mine hasn't gotten any quieter. It's really gotten to me lately so I'm currently using the paper towel trick CodyW mentioned above. It's a bit quieter now. I hope it's not having any adverse effects on the skimming.
CodyW: have you tried any materials other than the paper towel? I was thinking of trying to cut a piece of foam to size and seeing if that helped at all. I've been real pleased with the skimmer other than the noise. Seems to being a kick-butt job of keeping my tank clean.
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20 High (started 5/18/06)
20 lbs live rock and 3" sand bed - Remora w/ MJ1200 & Prefilter - 10 gallon sump/fuge - MAG7 & SCWD return - 65W 10,000K PC - 15W Actinic - Red-legged Hermits - Cerith Snails - Nassarius Snails - Royal Gramma - 6line Wrasse - Maroon Clown - Wheeler's Goby - Bubble-Tip Anemone - Green Star Polyp - Button Polyps - Frilly Brown Mushroom - Green Bullseye Mushroom - Kenya Tree Coral |