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Old 03-21-2007, 02:00 AM
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Default Skimmer question

I have recently aquired a nice becket style skimmer, now the question i have because I am having problems getting it to run properly is do I need to have s divider to push the water up the riser??

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Old 03-21-2007, 04:02 AM
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no. the divider only diverts the air bubbles up. Its not necessary because i've seen many beckett skimmers without the divider but I personally like them to minimize micro bubbles entering the drain
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Old 03-21-2007, 12:25 PM
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Hey Kevin is your pump big enough? I had the same problem, I fixed it with getting a better pump.
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Its running with a Mag12 right now.
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The problem is all the air is pooling at the top of the box, then it's letting huge air bubbles go up the riser!!
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