octopus NW-150 skimmer help me please!!!

Did either of you get your skimmers working? Any chance we can get a picture of how it is setup? Is it producing bubbles? On those skimmer I would plug the air inlet than adjust the water level right where you can still remove the cup. Than put the cup back on and unplug the air hose and let it skim there for awhile. I've heard of skimmers being skipped with the normal impeller rather than the needle wheel. Last thing is to put the air line under water and let it suck some water than bring it back up.

 

Is the top of that outlet pipe adjustable? Can you lower it a little? I have an external version and it is a wedge pipe is it the same? Your water level will never be lower than that pipe outlet.

 

Mine is still not working, almost 6 days now. It is producing bubbles but no foam. I have checked and it does have the needle wheel.

 

some of the marineland skimmers take a month to really get going.

 

here is mine also not working and here is a pic of my modded CSS65 in the exact same spot skimmin like a pool boy. thats a 89$ skimmer. and a rio pump! after 1.5 yrs of use.! guess i shouldnt have talked so much trash about it. !!!!!!!thats 18 hrs!!!!!!!!

hope your right sostoudt! and not at the same time.

 

If you are producing small bubbles just let it ride for awhile longer. My ETSS took a month to really do anything. And I mean anything.

I don't know if you can emulate this with yours, but with mine, Tangster told me to block off the air and adjust the water so it foamed at the bottom where the box meets the tube. He said just to let it go for as long as it took. Then, when it started skimming, let the air flow and do micro adjustments as needed. The second month it was doing more. At the third month, I messed up and turned it on high, knocking all the slime buildup off the walls and into my sump. It took another month for it to build up and break in again. I am on my sixth month and it is doing better than all other previous months.

Any skimmer needs a break in period. You just need to find where your foam needs to be as a starting point and let it ride dude. Let it ride. Those skimmers are good quality units. It will start producing.....It just takes some time.

 

thanks jhon . i still ask my dealer what he thinks since he has a bunch set up right now on some big tanks., i will relay the info he gives . but you are prob right!


now that i really look at it and compare my set of pics. the octopus does still look really clean.

 

Does that thing make much noise? looks like a beast!

 

no the noise is definatly within an acceptable range

 

lol well the saltwater gods heard my prayers, cause i woke up this morning to find a big dense ball of foam in the top of the cup and foam all the way up the neck. thats was weird i finally freak then it works.lol

it sounds dead silent to me?, but i had a CSS with a recirculation mod, so that thing was really loud.


i did dunk the air inlet in the water a few times last night. and i ran it with the bubble level like 1 " below the top of the neck. to skim very wet. when i woke up this morning it seemed like the water level in the skimmmer was a lil lower and the neck was filled with foam instead of water/fizz.

i also plugged the air inlet for a few min to see what you were talkin about, so it blasted a lot of water threw it for a few min.

i do not really no what i did. it just started.lol