New Marineland Sump Series

Ok so I have a small sump (E-Shopps)..10gal on a 60

Had a Remora Pro HOB that I was not fond of (Hospital tank simmer soon)


So I was at my LFS tonight and say this......what the heck.

Well it was real easy to set up; the only issue I has was they kinked the airline....easy fix just bend it roll it around

Now the import thing I found was the depth you have it sitting....I have it now at 3.5" and have nice foam; water level adjuster is turned about a 1/4 to the right.....

I like it 8)

 

congrats thanks for sharing

 

Here sre couple more

The one cool thikng is that to take the cuo off just loosen that big gray nut and your only lift 1/4" to get it out so great very small spaces with no head room

 

So 48hrs and I am getting skimmate......
Yesterday I was a bit dissapointed as the micro bubbles in the sump and past my large foam bloakc in a middle chamber and a pc of foam on the return pump make my DT look like it was foggy and my corals were not happy.....this morning a 50% improval!
Still there but at least I can see throught the length of the DT
I really like the ease of adjustment.....tons of micro bubbles in the skimmer chamber, nice and dense.

Marinelans says 5 days to break in and stop the excess dumping of micro bubbles into the sump.....patiance is needed here but I don't have a lot of that LOL

Will take a few pics later today.

 

yeah every skimmer takes approx. a week to fully break in. thanks for sharing the experience.

curious, what strayed you from the remora?

 

Well first it is a HOB and takes up alot of room in a 60

Then I had issues with microbubbles into the DT. If the skimmer was operating full force to give me the best skimate it would dump alot of bubbles, if I scaled it back to produce less bubbles it give me less skimate.

I spoke to AquaC about it when I got and Jason is a great guy....send me a ball valve for free to try to help...it would but only by reducing my skimate.
(FYI I used a MAG3)

I just was getting tired of it and saw this and said what the heck for 190 bucks and getting the HOB out of the DT I figured I would see how it works....

 

thanks, was just wondering what the issue was. i was considering a used one from craigslist for another tank i was possibly setting up.

 

Ok so here it is this morning after less than a full 72hrs.....

I actually am impressed.............micro bubbles in DT are coming down

Making a stand for it today....wasting a lot of volume with that tub in there as the stand...going to use eggcrate

 

How much water does this need to sit in to function efficiently?

Brian