Thanks Steve that is the answer I was looking for, I knew about the air thing but the more I look at the DC pumps they are more pleasing and yes I may have to hang up the belt then . lol
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Originally Posted by sphelps
Mike DC skimmers are all the rage now and the future of pretty much all skimmers including BK. Virtually all new skimmers released now are using DC pumps and for good reason. Like you stated previously one way of fine tuning a skimmer is the air intake but doing this isn't ideal because if you reduce air flow you increase water flow so it's not really that efficient. With a DC pump you can reduce air flow in the same manor or/and reduce the pump speed hence reducing air flow and water flow and allowing more adjustment of each variable while at the same time only using the amount of energy needed by the pump. So DC skimmers do offer more control and higher efficiency. In addition DC pumps are suppose to be capable of higher impeller speeds allowing for finer bubble generation.
I think to remain king of skimmers you'll have to get a couple DC skimmers under your belt pronto  |
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