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05-29-2008, 03:10 AM
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#471 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Originally Posted by Frizza  I've ordered one of these bad boys (the smaller bullet-1) courtesy of Tangster  and I would like to know how you are getting on with your skimmer. Is it still doing the business, I've just got hold of a 5 litre container that will fit nicely in my stand for the cup overflow. I'm counting on this to remove all the junk that quite frankly my current skimmer is not up to the job. | I would spend the little extra and get the overflow cup that PM builds because it shuts the skimmer down if it gets full, very nice feature. If not you could come home to a floor full of skimmate...... 
Skimmer is working excellent, you will not be disappointed. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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05-29-2008, 03:22 AM
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#472 (permalink)
| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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I have a spare float switch laying about so I will probably use that to ensure that the skimmer turns itself off.
It's good to know that it is working well, how are the noise levels?
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80gal with live rock (35kg/70lbs), 30gal sump, refugium with live rock, chaeto and DSB, Bullet-1 skimmer, Fluidized Reactor, T5 lighting (6 tubes), 4 x Koralia 3's. | |
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05-29-2008, 12:46 PM
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#473 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
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For me that is hard to say because I have to exhaust fans running to. I can barely hear it suck air, if you are keeping it under the tank you won't be able to hear it.
The float switch is not how it shuts the skimmer down. It uses a ping pong ball that seats up in a housing when the water level rises and shuts the air off so that it can't exhaust. | |
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05-30-2008, 12:33 AM
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#474 (permalink)
| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Yeah I had a look at their waste collection container. My skimmer is already on route so I will have to go for a DIY solution (I live in the UK so postage is rather expensive). The easiest thing for me is to use a float valve that I have laying about which will just turn off the pump. Otherwise I have seen a few plans that are very simple to do without turning off the pump, basically the same idea as you just mentioned without the ping pong ball. | |
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05-30-2008, 03:16 AM
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#475 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
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You might be able to use the float valve to turn off the input air to the skimmer. Both have a 1/4" fitting if you got the little Kent float valve used in RO/DI units. | |
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05-30-2008, 06:26 AM
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#477 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
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Pretty much the same thing the PM one does. It uses a ping pong ball that seats up and cut off the air and that one is just using the liquid. Should work just fine for you. Make sure you post some pics when you get it running and broke in. Will take 24 to 72 hours for it to break in and really start skimming. | |
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06-06-2008, 01:01 PM
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#478 (permalink)
| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Well Otty how is the new skimmer? Got any pictures of the 1000 gallon lagoon you put in the basement? _________ Kris
180 gallon AGA display re-born on 7-1-08. If I listed all of my equipment my wife would know what I've spent on this thing. Don't want to sign divorce papers.  My 180 Tank Thread | |
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06-06-2008, 01:13 PM
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#479 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by KOgle Well Otty how is the new skimmer? Got any pictures of the 1000 gallon lagoon you put in the basement? | Skimmer is awsome, you ought to see me carry that thing outside to clean the cup......won't fit in the sink and Mommy frowns on the shower.
Will try and get some pics this weekend. Will be at Kings Island tomorrow and going to ride to North Carolina Sunday for a Pepsi and payday bar.  Boys at HMIN want to go for a ride so I told them to meet me at 5:00 am at the Interstate and well go for a ride. Wonder how many will show up.... | |
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06-16-2008, 05:26 AM
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#480 (permalink)
| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
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Did you guys end up getting out for a ride or did you go boating through the city streets instead? | |
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