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03-29-2007, 07:29 PM
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I have one of these too. Took a week or so of tinkering to get it the way i liked it. I have it on a All-Glass 10g and there is more than enough room for it to sit on the edge (almost too much). The only problem with this skimmer (besides the noise) is that the micro bubbles may get by the trap and filter and find there way into the tank. I had this problem for 2 weeks, then it misteriously cured itself.
I've heard of a mod to cut down on the noise by superglueing the needle wheel to the shaft. Haven't tried it yet, but i plan on it when i switch tanks. 
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03-29-2007, 08:17 PM
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I was trying to look where i read that, but from what i understand its glueing it to the drive shaft that runs thru the magnet. Im definitly going to look into it more when i get home from work, as i would love to quiet this thing down.
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03-29-2007, 08:21 PM
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I thought it was gluing it to the magnet itself on the earlier models when the skimmer first came out. I was going to do this but when i took it apart it was already attached to the magnet. So i thought Rio had made this mod themselves for newer skimmers. Let me know what u find.
Ok just found it... looks like its to the magnet itself and this is already done by Rio. http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthr...o+nano+skimmer Last edited by Phanman; 03-29-2007 at 08:24 PM.
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03-29-2007, 10:32 PM
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I'll have to check on mine when i swap tanks, hopefully its not attached so i can mod it, and hopefully decrease the volume (its not that bad, its in my bedroom and it dosent bother me at all) but it would still be nice to be a little quieter. :P Thanks for the link too, thats the thread i was refering to.
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03-29-2007, 11:30 PM
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I've had one on my QT tank for a couple months and its a great little unit. It pulls quite a bit of skimmate once you get it running and set. Yes, deffinitly glue the impeller to the magnet. Runs whisper quiet afterwards. For $30, its a heck of a litttle unit.
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03-29-2007, 11:55 PM
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maybe mine's not put together properly? Those who have their working, what kind of bubble flow do you get out of it? I know it "doesn't work" for the first 24 hours or so, but mine just kinda fizzed. It didn't bubble at all.
I'm thinking the unit could be quieted down by cutting some of the collector lid out, possibly at the area where the air intake is? Eliminating the acoustics of the skimmer collector. I would like to get it working, as it seemed a good idea to help cycle liverock a few pounds at a time.
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