red sea berlin turbo

[Invigor]

apparently there's a baffle in the middle tube that's supposed to stop the tornado effect in the skimmer..can anyone supply a picture of it, I don't think there is one in mine. thanks!

[Aquattro]

It's a small square plastic piece about 1"x1"

[Invigor]

so if i cut a square to fit inside the smallest tube, that should be suffice?

[Aquattro]

yup. It's slightly angled so that it wedges into the bottom of the tube. Without it, the skimmer just doesn't skim so good....

[Invigor]

well i cut a piece and wedged it in thereand now my tube floats and spins kinda, lol. :evil: trim it I guess...I don't remember that thing before and it seemed to work ok...hmm.

thanks for your help

[Aquattro]

I never saw it either, and only figured it out after I knocked it out with a brush while cleaning. Took me forever to figure out why the skimmer didn't skim well anymore.

[ABreefkpr]

I will try to track down the tube I have for my spare skimmer and will post a picture.

[Invigor]

I will try to track down the tube I have for my spare skimmer and will post a picture.

that would be awesome, thanks!

[Coldwater]

If you dont get a picture by sunday I will post one of mine.

Matt

[ABreefkpr]

I have found the piece and taken pictures. Now I just have to resize and post them. I have to go to work right away so I will post the pics tomorrow by 7:30 AM. I can tell you that the piece measures 1 and 5/16 square.

Keith

[Invigor]

weeeee! you're leading me on like a thriller movie!

[Invigor]

Protein skimmer troubles
Hi. Maybe you could help me out. I have a Red Sea Berlin Turbo hang on protein skimmer. I pulled out the innermost tube of the skimmer to clean it and noticed that there was a square piece of plastic, the width of the inner diameter of the tube, sitting loosely in the end of the tube where it inserts into the base of the skimmer. Follow me so far?
<I think.>
I wasn't sure what to do with it so I just put it back as untouched as possible, at which point it promptly fell into the base of the skimmer and I had to tear the whole thing apart again. My owners manual does not mention this square of plastic nor is it shown in any diagram I could find. Needless to say it's not working right now and I'm open to suggestions.
<I believe the piece you are talking about should be attached to the inner tube. It goes on the bottom, across the middle, arranged vertically (if you follow me). You may want to contact Red Sea tech support to confirm. There website is here http://www.redseafish.com/>
Thanks, Dave.
&lt;Good luck! -Steven Pro>

AHA! that's why...I glued it in flat. haha what a knob I am.

[ABreefkpr]

At last here they are.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/507/603Red_Sea_001-med.jpg


http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/507/603Red_Sea_002-med.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/507/603Red_Sea_003-med.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/603Red_Sea_004-med.jpg

I hope these help.

Keith

[Invigor]

cool, that's what I ended up with. thank you very much!