New skimmer is here, Octo lx1000s

haha at least you didnt have about 3 gallons constantly being on the floor like what happend with my other skimmer. surprisingly mine werent to mad about that, they were like oh it will dry

 

could so be taken out of context, might want to rephrase that next time. LOL;D


cool skimmer though

 

lol i just finally found this! but that red is hott!
im liking it! how is it skimming?

 

Haha I don't really care for the red, my wrasse HATES the skimmer I hope she will get used to it.

As far as skimming it was skimming ok, I actually had decent skimmate, pics are somewhere in the thread. It's really wet, i'm trying to figure out how to run dry. I emptied the collection cup last night, had it running I woke up during the muddle of the night, checked the skimmer it was almost overflowing, it wasn't reeally skimming either, it was just water. So I just unpluged it, I didn't have time to work on it this morning so when i get home from work, I'll get it back working again.

But all in all I really like the skimmer, I just have to getvit adjusted right

 

Wait until it fully dries and the carpet is crunchy and salty, lol. Just make sure you dabbed up the excess water with a towel to prevent molding and all that bad stuff.

 

don't forget the pump will have a break in period so just dial it back and let the pump run. the pump will right itself eventually.

 

Yep my was over active until it broken in, took about a week before it really hit the sweet spot. Let it run and break in.

 

i have had the skimmer pluged back in now for a few hours and i am just starting to get microbubbles in the tank, where i had none earlier, im hoping that this is all apart of the breaking in process and that it will go away

 

Thats a cool looking skimmer!!

 

hahaha!!! Too funny.