skimmer question

What kind do you have?

Oh my. Yes, that one is known to have issues. Most I've seen just chuck the thing but perhaps someone here who has had one and fiddled with it can give you some constructive advice.

I have never used one of those. Basically, you should have dry foam pretty much. If your bubbles at the top are very "wet" and you are getting waste very quickly, you need to re adjust it.

quoted from my reef club forum by the reef club president (a 60 year old single never married nuclear engineer...trust me he knows more then ne one should)

"with the seaclone 100, you have to throw away the air valve that comes with it and replace it with a simple plastic air line needle valve to fine tune the bubbles. something like the valve with the knob below the T.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produ...0&N=2004+113403

thats all i did to mine. they seem to work better in a sump than as a hang on the back of the tank skimmer. shorter run for the bubbles from the pump straight into the skimmer base. rather than up and over and down a long tube to the skimmer bottom outside the tank. mine has been skimming dark gunky stuff for 8 years.

the other mods suguested on the net to cut down the center tube, have been incorporated in the newer seaclones of the past 3-4 years. not the best skimmer, but not bad for the price."



so try it...from what i have read and heard it really helps with the seaclone...but i dont have one and heck i have the remora pro and its a pain in my butt (even with the correct pump)

There is also a needlewheel mod that can be done to these skimmers using a nano bioball. I don't recall the link, though.