Rio Nano-Skimmer

kwirky · #1 03-29-2007, 11:55 PM

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.

andresont · #2 03-30-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kwirky

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.

Re bubles in the first chaimber : mine had a buffle upside down . Change the position and this will help, also if you take it appart and put all parts back togeher tightly it will be quiet-er.
Air intake noise can be lowered by installing a 35mm film container (with holes in the top cover) on top of intake i did that on Deltec MCE600 and Rio both air intakes are quiet now

kwirky · #3 03-30-2007, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by andresont

Air intake noise can be lowered by installing a 35mm film container (with holes in the top cover) on top of intake i did that on Deltec MCE600 and Rio both air intakes are quiet now

I'll be doing that on my RS135, too. thanks for the tips

andresont · #4 03-30-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kwirky

I'll be doing that on my RS135, too. thanks for the tips

Also if you have dry air (unlike RioNano) you could hide some air filter media inside this 35mm container to filter out dust = phosfates.

Shrimpy · #5 03-30-2007, 02:03 AM

Here is a manual I scanned. If you can't make it out let me know and I will rescan it with a better dpi.

I found the most important step is to set the venturi for a height of 1 5/8" from the lowest postion possible and then make small adjustments in height from there. Make sure to let it run a mininimum of 1 hour to see what kind of skimmate you get after a height adjustment of the venturi.

I too am using it to cure my new 10g tank. All I have is live rock and sand because it is still cycling. It pulled out some nice green tea colored skimmate for a day and now nothing which is normal seeing there is no real bioload yet.

Midknight · #6 03-30-2007, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Shrimpy

Here is a manual I scanned. If you can't make it out let me know and I will rescan it with a better dpi.

Will take it to work and see how it prints there and let you know.

And Thanks lots.

andsoitgoes · #7 03-30-2007, 06:13 AM

this might help too:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=968288

04scoobysti · #8 05-02-2007, 03:07 PM

Im still getting Mirco bubbles with this skimmer and i have been running it for 6 weeks or so. Just took it off the tank for a good cleaning and added a piece of sponge to the last chamber to try to cut down on the bubbles, still bubbles this morning. I may have to retire this thing soon and go with an aqua-c if i dont get this fixed. Any ideas?