OK I found a skimmer I might try due to price.........It appears to have no brand, but I was thinking... maybe some of you could look at the design and know wheter or not it might do what needs to be done for my 75 gal display with a 20 gal sump......Thanks in Advance!
Read the listing. Just below the price section, it gives this information:
Brand: Odysea
Model: PS160 Dual Hang On Skimmer
If you do some googling, it gets mentioned with Jebo's and even confused with them at times. From reading/looking at the search results, the reviews seem to be about 10-1 against the skimmer as not being worth it.
The biggest strike against it, for me, is the gimmick sales approach to it. Free pump? Sheesh, most skimmers come with a pump. Free additives if I pay for the product with the price disguised as "S&H"? I guess they can only do it for the first 10 buyers since "they can't do this all year". Sorry, my apologies but the ad on Ebay reads like the script from a Billy Mays commerical or that new guy "follow me camera guy".
Leave it alone and find a decent skimmer. You will pay more for a good one but it will save you money in the long run by not having to replace something you bought while trying to save money.
Right now All I have is a Sea Clown 100....not working well at all...the wait will have to be about 6 months.....The most I think I can safely go would be the $180 for the Coralife 125....Any thoughts on that skimmer?
I'll put it this way!Wouldn't you rather Waite and buy a Harley in 6 months then settle for a Honda?Coralife make good skimmer,but the 125 is their only one that's so so.
I also have a 75 with a 20g sump. I also didn't have much to spend on a skimmer, the live rock and all the other "start up" stuff really wiped out my tank fund. I was thinking "am I gonna buy an ebay cheapie or wait until I can afford an octopus?" Then I found a used aquaC urchin pro on ebay for 80.00 bucks. It had the overflow mod and a mag3 pump. I figured a decent used skimmer would be better than a worthless new skimmer. So far 5 months later I still pretty happy with it. I still only have 2 fish. I guess I will see the Urchins worth when I am fully stocked.
I'm new to the world of sea creatures. But I've been a fan of e-bay for years now. I pretty much built my home theater using e-bay and audiogon. You have to do your homework, but there can be some good deals to be had there.
The new skimmer srrived last nite Reef Octopus NW-110
for sure bigger than the sea clown...but I am really having problems adjusting it....either fills cup up in about an hour...or does not fill cup at all.....The directions suck....only a diagram to assemble.....raise and lower the riser tube to the water level....Anyone have one of these to offer some assistance?...
I am sorry I do not understand breaking in.....right now from my pics....the foam does not go over the tube in the collection cup...so is that where I leave it set for now....Thanks for the help...
Mike , Just let it run ,. It will start foaming and start rising up the tube as the skimmer breaks things down . It also has to coat the inside of the tube .
Nice skimmer !!
Mike , Just let it run ,. It will start foaming and start rising up the tube as the skimmer breaks things down . It also has to coat the inside of the tube .
Nice skimmer !!
Thanks alot!...just not use to this type of skimmer...awesome looking though....And big....fits in sump very nice....I have it set where it is making bubbles...real low in the tube...I will leave it at this setting
There are residual oils and manufacturing coatings left on the unit. Those will go away in a short period of time. That is what I believe is considered "breaking in".
You can get the bubbles up higher . get them up within 1/2 inch or so from the top of the tube. You will see very quickly when it starts working where it should be . It kind of puffs .You will see . 24hrs or so but with your water you may see colors and foam sooner
You can get the bubbles up higher . get them up within 1/2 inch or so from the top of the tube. You will see very quickly when it starts working where it should be . It kind of puffs .You will see . 24hrs or so but with your water you may see colors and foam sooner
Hey Mike, Is that the pics of your skimmer in action in the gallery? If it is, I think I kinow your issue... it's in too deep if water, you need to raise her up a bit, You want the skimmer to be sitting in no more than 8-10" max of water depth....HTH
Thanks Tony. To raise it in the tank, do I just set it on top of something?, like a plactic box or something similar?. I just measures the water level in that section of my sump, it is 11"...so I need to put 3 0r 4" under it?....also I thought it was ok cause I can pull up on the water level adjust ment tube about 4 more inches.
I figured out....Doh!...The riser tube noy sets the level of water in the actual shimmer....with that being said I found a gate valve mod....thats the way to go to fine tune this puppy....
yes, definitely do the gate valve mod... don't buy a premade one, make it yourself that way you don't have to cut the riser tube...I'll pot up a couple pics this evening on the How to.
simple DIY/// take off the adjustable riser tube. Measure the pipe that is sticking out of the skimmer to find out what size pipe you will need. It will be metric. Go to Lowes or HD and buy a Sanitary TEE fitting that is approximately the same size. it will likely not fit on the out let pipe so you will have to dremel the TEE a little (common due to the metric fittings on the Octopus skimmers)..make sure that you don't dremel it out too large, it needs to be a realllly snug fit the rest is self explanatory.
Now for the gate valve. You can do one of two things, buy a high quality Spears valve for about $30-40 (like the one in the pic above)or go to http://www.savko.com/partlist.asp?pgid=1
and buy one from there (like the one in the pic below). If your outlet is 1 1/4" equivalent, you will get a gray valve like this one:
otherwise you will get one that is white liek the kit on Marine Solutions (the above mod was for a Euroreef skimmer) but yours will be very similar minus the piece of pipe coming out of the bottom of the TEE when assembled)
Definitely don't do like that pick.. LOL, that really isn't 2 sections, that baffle is really only a bubble trap, there are a couple large holes drilled into the baffle at the bottom...so it really is only one large section
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