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Ordered My Skimmer today

Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment Specific discussions on aquarium equipment from protein skimmers to water pumps. Which are the best, what they do, and what you might need for your reef aquarium.

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Old July 17th, 2007, 05:07 AM
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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

you will like it. i have one too and it works great!

yote, how does yours do in the sump? does it catch more gunk? mine we be in sump in about a week. do you have yours setting on the bottom, or did you hang it off the side of the sump?

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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

Where did you find that for $85?

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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

I cant tell any difference in HOB or in-sump Fish.It still does an awesome job of pulling gunk.I just hung it over the side,like on the tank.

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I was going to post a link for you,but they went up on the price.When I got my CSS it was $75.00,now its $103.00.And I bought mine back in Feburary.
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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

Aquarium Protein Skimmers: Coralife Super Skimmer Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer

IT went up here as well .now 103.00 It was on sale.
I got it for 122.00 after shiping it was 89.00 and I had a 5.00 coupon.

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DANG gas prices.
They gonna make it to expensive to pay shipping and drive to the LFS.
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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

ok yote

I got it in ans set up I have a Few Questions.

1 is it normal for the Difuser to over flow in the tank ?

2 I need to know the Flow rate of the needle wheel pump ?

3 and the flow rate of the water adjuster?

in other words what do I need to be looking for ? ( alot of bubbles in the chamber when its open ) or do I want it to be mellow hardly no bubbles in the canaster and more noise from the pump...

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Re: Ordered My Skimmer today

Did raising the pump work?
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