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Discussion in 'Protein Skimmers' started by jeffers0n, Nov 26, 2011.

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  1. jeffers0n

    jeffers0n Feather Duster

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    You def need an o ring on that to skim dark
     
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  2. Jake

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    Here's my SWC 160. It pulls out two full cups of dark-tea colored skimmate a week from my fairly heavily fed 60 gallon system! Albeit I prefer a fairly wet skim (easier to clean/doesn't clog drain), but the SWC cup is pretty big.

    This is the only picture of it that I have... the skimmate looks lighter than it actually is.

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  3. jeffers0n

    jeffers0n Feather Duster

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    Nice, keep the pics comin!
     
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  4. jeffers0n

    jeffers0n Feather Duster

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    Does anyone have a tunze, or tunze 9002?
     
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  5. reefwerks

    reefwerks Flamingo Tongue

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    Shes only been up for 2 weeks...have her pulling very wet with auto drain out...
     

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  6. tharsis

    tharsis Peppermint Shrimp

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    I didn't have the o-ring when I dug this out of storage, but i thought the o-ring was really just to raise/lower the height of the collector cup. Raising it higher produces a dryer skimmate while lower is a wetter. I had dry skimmate at the lowest position so I didn't really think anything of it.

    I am able to control the height of the cup by wedging a piece of folded paper, but again I didn't really see the need to increase the height because it was skimming very dry.

    If I totally misinterpreted the purpose of the o-ring please let me know, as I want to optimize the performance.
     
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  7. MoJoe

    MoJoe Dragon Wrasse

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    this thread needs a warning label NSFL (Not Safe For Lunchtime)
     
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  8. ComputerJohn

    ComputerJohn Panda Puffer

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    Very true.

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  9. ComputerJohn

    ComputerJohn Panda Puffer

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    LOL. I'm eating lunch right now. HMMMMMM

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  10. jeffers0n

    jeffers0n Feather Duster

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    Haha, good idea, this thread is not ment to be read while eating! Hahaha
     
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