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04-14-2006, 07:41 PM
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Location: Jacksonville,FL
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Sealife Impact skimmer
Just wondering about peoples opinions,thoughts and set-ups with them?
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04-14-2006, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: FL
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They are not bad skimmers for the price, but not top of the line either. They need to be cleaned often to maintain max efficiency. I lengthened the output on mine to skim much, much wetter (is wetter even a word). Straight out of the box they skim way too dry IMO. I would love to get a beckett injector mod for mine and a better pump at some point.
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04-14-2006, 07:46 PM
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Space for rent
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Yeah i put the mod on mine today..
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04-14-2006, 07:48 PM
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Location: FL
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Got a pic of yours? Do you stock the mod?
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04-14-2006, 07:50 PM
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No pics but i have several of the mods on order.I found a real nice version of the mod,ask steve he saw it today.
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04-14-2006, 07:52 PM
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NFMAS
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Location: Florida
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Still not getting any dirty water brian?
I Like my impact skimmer and probably wont replace it for sometime. It was a bit expensive for what you get but it does a fine job and its put together real well. I put the beckett mod on it also and got better results. I dont like how you have to remove the entire top to clean the cup. I am running a mag 7 on mine. Joseph should I get a bigger pump? I have the one rated for 220 gallons
Last edited by PelagicMagic; 04-14-2006 at 08:26 PM.
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04-14-2006, 07:54 PM
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Space for rent
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Not yet ,like you said i think it need's the break in period...
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04-14-2006, 07:59 PM
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Location: FL
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It does suck having to remove the entire top to clean the collection cup. I picked up a slightly used one (minus the pump) for $50 so I can't complain. The CA pumps that come with them are about the same quality as the rios. A mag 7 should be fine. I have a slightly smaller chinese pump on mine than the CA that normally comes with them. I need to get a mag pump for it some day.
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04-14-2006, 08:06 PM
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Location: FL
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Here is a pic from a while back. I have done away with the vinyl tubing and hard plumbed everything with pvc which makes a huge difference and I increased the height of the outlet by about 4 inches. I hate vinyl tubing. PVC gets much better flow rates.
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04-14-2006, 08:08 PM
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Shorten the vinyl a little bit,mine runs straight up.
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04-14-2006, 08:10 PM
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Location: FL
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Right now my vinyl is only about 4 inches and the rest of the way up is 3/4 thinwall pvc. (old pic)
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04-14-2006, 08:11 PM
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Space for rent
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With the mod i have you can run 1 inch all the way..
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04-14-2006, 08:13 PM
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Snap a pic when you can. I'd like to see the mod in action as I will definitely be adding one in a month or two.
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04-14-2006, 08:14 PM
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Space for rent
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Location: Jacksonville,FL
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Can't find the cable to hook my cam..so come by the shop if you can
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04-14-2006, 08:18 PM
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Location: FL
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Will do sometime.
I must admit that I haven't been by there since the store came under new management.
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