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Ron99 01-11-2010 01:11 AM

Yes, it's an Atman pump. the problem is that sometimes the meshwheels bind and then the impeller won't turn. Mine was very moisy and then stopped running. I temporarily removed the lock ring from the front of the pump to reduce the pressure on the impeller and it runs silently at the moment but I'll need a to swap in a good impeller so I can run it with the locking ring on.

mark 01-11-2010 02:13 AM

skimmer is nice.

see you mentioned dosing pump, which one, what do you think of it?

Ron99 01-21-2010 11:05 PM

12 Day Update
 
So it has been running for 12 days and has been pulling some nice yucky stuff out of the water:

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/25...2101101712.jpg

Eeewwww, smelly!

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/BM2101102.jpg

So I'd say it's working fairly well.

Ron99 01-21-2010 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark (Post 480306)
skimmer is nice.

see you mentioned dosing pump, which one, what do you think of it?


Sorry, missed the question. It's the Bubble Magus dosing pump but I haven't set it up yet. Looks nice and it powers up and runs on manual mode.

Coleus 01-28-2010 01:48 AM

How long does it take to collect full cup?

Ron99 01-28-2010 04:29 AM

My tank is lightly stocked so about 6 or 7 days to fill it. It skims fairly dry.

Chase31 01-28-2010 04:58 AM

doesn't look like its working very well, your going to have to donate it to me:mrgreen:

Ron99 01-28-2010 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chase31 (Post 486565)
doesn't look like its working very well, your going to have to donate it to me:mrgreen:

Well I would, but getting it out of the sump is a bit of a pain. I have a used Coralife 65 I can send you :mrgreen:

Chase31 01-28-2010 04:32 PM

thats pretty much what i have :p

Coleus 02-19-2010 05:30 AM

Well, I don't have much experience with other skimmers so I can't say much whether it is a better product than other brand. I tried out the BM 160 and so far very happy with it. Although beside it is a little bit louderthan my aqua-medic, it absolutely produces more skimmage.

Here is screenshot of 3 days running on my 155Gallon tank ( you see the color is kind of dark brown because of N/P pellets)

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/pic...pictureid=2752

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/pic...pictureid=2750

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/pic...pictureid=2747


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