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12-19-2006, 08:16 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 29
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|  coralife needle wheel
Hello, I was just wondering if it is normal for the coralife superskimmer to whistle. It is not that loud but it seems that it would not be that hard for coralife to create a better system to stop it. It is brand new so maybe it will stop, i dont know. Perhaps mine is not adjusted right or defective, once again I dont know.. Anyone out there have a coralife superskimmer? _________  "Commit it to the flames: For it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion" -Hume
45 Gallon Bow, Oddysea 250w Halide w 2x28w actinic, Coralife skimmer... To be continued... | 
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12-19-2006, 09:01 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Send a PM to Covey - he was playing around with that skimmer last year.
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12-20-2006, 03:48 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Mine doesn't whistle. I have to clean out the airline every now and then. but the most I hear is a little gurgling.
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12-20-2006, 07:14 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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euthyphro I am just breaking one in myself- it seems to gurggle and gulp a little but no whistling - might just be break-in | |
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12-20-2006, 11:25 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barberton, Ohio Age: 29
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No whistling here. Is it set up as a HOB or in-sump? Checked where the airline attaches to the pump, might not be attached firmly enough (just a guess).
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75g (7/04), 4x65watt cf, ASM G3, 65g refug, turbo-twist UV sterilizer, 2 koralia, Quiet One 3000, 123# LF, solar fairy wrasse, blue hippo tang, banggai cardinal, green chromis, O. clownfish, royal gramma, yellowheaded jawfish, serpent star, xenia
29g (9/04), 65 watt cf, coralife needle wheel, wet/dry, 1 koralia, 25# LF, coral beauty, b/w percula, yellow watchman
75g (8/07) 4x65watt cf, ASM G2, 2 koralia, 30 g refug, Quiet One 3000, 100# LF, Blonde naso tang, frogfish | |
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12-20-2006, 01:19 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 29
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Right now my tank is filled halfway while I am cycling it, Im afraid of the skimmer flooding my house or something like that. So my tank is kind of a deep sump. Later I will fill it the rest of the way. As far as I can tell, I followed the directions for how hight the waterline should be above the pump etc. I hope it is just a problem that will go away as I use the pump more. Well find out.
Right now i have the micro-bubble difuser stuffed with styrafoam and the air intake is cramed in there to muffle the whistling. Is it that important to have the micro-bubble difuser? Right now I have to go back to work. Perhaps when I come home tonight I will fiddle around with it and see what happens. Thanks for your help. | |
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12-20-2006, 04:43 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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Didn't yours come with the gray air silenter? The only thing on the skimmer that would whistle would be the venturi on the intake to the pump. I would check that to make sure there isn't any packing styrofoam or plastic in it. | |
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12-20-2006, 08:01 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 29
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Hello covey, Matt Rogers suggested that I reached you and my internet connection crashed right before I could. Yeah, it is definitely my intake line. The grey intake valve. It almost sounds like there is water that is whistling in it, but i would have thought that in over 24 hours it would have evaporated by now.. Im pretty sure there is no styrofoam stuck in it. Ill just fiddle with it and give it some time. It is really annoying. If it continues I will contact you again for some advice. Thanks..
Do I need to worry about using the micro bubble difuser?
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12-21-2006, 04:00 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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If it is in the sump then not really. | |
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12-21-2006, 04:11 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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Ill second that, no need for the bubble diffuser in the sump.
Take that gray canister out for a while, leave it upside down to get the water out of it, you don't want that. You may also wish to use some centripetal force to get that water out too. Using that little valve, my css220 is undetectable in terms of sound. Quote:
Originally Posted by euthyphro  Hello covey, Matt Rogers suggested that I reached you and my internet connection crashed right before I could. Yeah, it is definitely my intake line. The grey intake valve. It almost sounds like there is water that is whistling in it, but i would have thought that in over 24 hours it would have evaporated by now.. Im pretty sure there is no styrofoam stuck in it. Ill just fiddle with it and give it some time. It is really annoying. If it continues I will contact you again for some advice. Thanks..
Do I need to worry about using the micro bubble difuser? | | |
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