Bubble Magus180-CS Cone Skimmer

[sitandwatch]

I have mine on egg crate in about 8-9 inches of water, I have it at around 4 and it pulls nice dark icky stuff.

I find it overflows when it gets around 10 - 11 inch water mark

[born]

Doesn't seem to be too little water? How did you construct your eggcrate stand?

[VFX]

Mine also sits in around 8-9" of water & set at 4. I tried 10" of water at first but it didn't stop overflowing until I got the water level down to where it is now.

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[sitandwatch]

Originally Posted by born

Doesn't seem to be too little water? How did you construct your eggcrate stand?

I just cut out squares that are a little bigger then the base and stacked them until I got the height I wanted easy'ish to add and remove

[badAZZlars]

Mine sits in about 9" of water and works great. Setting is almost at 3 most of the time. On occasion I need to dial it back a bit to 4 such as after a water change.

[born]

So go for about 8-9 inches of water? At about a 3-4 setting? What's the settings mean btw? Like a higher number is less water getting skimmed?

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by born

So go for about 8-9 inches of water? At about a 3-4 setting? What's the settings mean btw? Like a higher number is less water getting skimmed?

The higher the number the more water is being let out the back tube which is used to adjust the water level in the skimmer. So at 5 it is going to be as low as it can be and then getting close to 1 you are raising the water level in the skimmer body to its max.

I doesn't really have anything to do with the amount of water being skimmed just the water level in the skimmer itself.

[born]

Thanks a lot.