Good Budget Skimmer?

My Reef Octo didnt kick in for about a week, then after 2 weeks it was pulling chunks, it does need to break in a little. Set it for the water level about mid-way in the throat of the cone, and keep your foam as dry as possible.
 
little_fish said:
I think there is a paper towel trick for the noise they make.
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The main noise is just from the air intake so if anyone knows a trick please share :scratchch

Also, I forget to say that its adding a lot of micro bubbles to my sump from the water return... That and the noise were my two main "beefs", If I get those under control Ill be pretty happy with the item.

I must say that its a pretty sexy unit, large, good construction and looks like it will be pulling a ton of skimmate once its broken in. So its certainly not all bad :Cheers:
 
i dont personally know the paper trick, you might try googling it though.

I dont run a skimmer so i dont know how to fix the micro bubbles either.
 
Here we are...


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Yeah, they have started to already!

Check this out... I was only breaking it in but my water level self adjusted a bit and I accidentally started pulling out gunk... This is after 6 hours!!!!


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SeaBee said:
Ha! Look at that skimmate!! Thats the good sruff!!!
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Thanks for the Tip on this one SeaBee :Cheers: Despite the few small aggravations, I have a feeling this will be pulling lots of gunk out in days to come, and thats what matters MOST! :whoopee!:
 

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