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08-19-2003, 10:18 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: alabama
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2nd mini flood in a week...
and the tank has only been set up for a week - My skimmer seems to work overtime during the night and my gallon jug collection "cup" has overflowed twice. It controls itself during the day, and some nights are no problems. Any tricks for controlling this. Would it be ok to place the jug in the sump, and any overflow would land within the sump ?
I'm really learning to hate walking towards the tank and feeling water under my feet. On a brighter note the tank has been about a year in the making, and besides the cleaning and the mopping of the hardwoods - i'm really excited.
thanks in advance...
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08-19-2003, 10:39 AM
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Ughhh.. Dinoflagelettes..
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Yardley, PA
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Drill a hole in the top of a 5 gallon bucket and use that as your collection container.
Also, how wet is the skimmate you're collecting? You may need to reduce the flow into the skimmer to give you a drier skimmate.
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08-19-2003, 10:51 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: alabama
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I'll get one today - Last nights was practically dirty water, and I'm not even sure the 5 gallon jug would have held it. I turned it down after the first overflow problem. I thought everything was ok, until this morning. I'll turn it down another notch and see what happens.
Thanks again for the help...
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08-19-2003, 11:23 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Minnetonka, MN
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what kind of skimmer and what do you have powering it?
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08-19-2003, 11:46 AM
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www.pris-MATIC.com
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Only use it in the day time...
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08-19-2003, 11:54 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Vancouver, WA
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it could be just an adjustment to be made on the skimmer. If you let us know what kind of skimmer, we might be able to be of more help.
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08-19-2003, 01:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: alabama
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Its a Sealife Systems venturi type skimmer, running on a pretty well turned down submersable sen 900. I made a small adjustment this morning, and the gallon jug has only picked up about an inch of waste and it does seem to be thicker. I appreciate the help, and for tonight anyway, like the idea of turning it off.
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08-19-2003, 02:03 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Vancouver, WA
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WOW that's a big pump on that skimmer....LOL why so big?
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08-19-2003, 02:27 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: alabama
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One to many Home Improvement / Tool Time episodes I guess : )I was originally going to use the Sen for the return, but opted for an Iwaki instead. I hope you don't mind me asking, but I've noticed it under a couple of different posters - What does the BRW picture refer to ?
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08-19-2003, 02:57 PM
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Ughhh.. Dinoflagelettes..
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Yardley, PA
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Bizzare Reefin Wimins....
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08-19-2003, 03:11 PM
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Should I reef again?
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Garnerville, NY
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I was affraid of this problem as well.
I use a MyReef waste collector. It has a ping pong ball type air shutoff valve on it. If my collection container were to fill up the ping pong ball will rise and seal the air from escaping the waste container forcing the skimmer to not make skimmate. It actually works pretty good. I hope I explained this good.
http://www.myreefcreations.com/main.html WC-2 |
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