SWCD Users Poll

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by Covey, Apr 23, 2005.

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What is your SCWD setup?

  1. under 500gph open

    2 vote(s)
    18.2%

  2. 500-1000gph open

    2 vote(s)
    18.2%

  3. over 1000gph open

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  4. under 500gph strained

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. 500-1000gph strained

    5 vote(s)
    45.5%

  6. over 1000gph strained

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
  1. Covey

    Covey Scooter Blennie

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    SCWD Users Poll

    I own a SCWD. I really like the flow mine has developed but I have noticed that some peoples SCWD are jamming. Mine has not and many other have not. So I am starting is poll to see if anything can be learned from the setup versus failure rate in different peoples systems.
    So for the poll I am calling "strained" anything with some sort of strainer or gaurd directily on the pump and "open" as any setup with a open pump intake.
    Also if you could throw how long you have had your and weither it has falied or not.
     
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    Covey, Apr 23, 2005
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  2. Covey

    Covey Scooter Blennie

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    Oh yeah I have had mine for 4 months and it is still working fine
     
    Covey, Apr 23, 2005
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  3. Birdlady

    Birdlady Finback Whale

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    Mine jammed repeatedly with a Mag 5. I have since bumped it up to a Mag 9.5 and have had no problems! (going on 5 months now with no probs):)
     
    Birdlady, Apr 23, 2005
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  4. szidls

    szidls Feather Duster

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    No Jams with our SCWD and a Rio HF14 as a return pump. About 800gph. Going on about 12 months on a 60 gal softie tank.
    Scott
     

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  5. Covey

    Covey Scooter Blennie

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    Hey BL that was kinda what I was thinking. That in the higher end flow rates these jammed less.
     
    Covey, Apr 25, 2005
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  6. somethingfishy

    somethingfishy Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I think I am running mine on a Mag 7. It could be a 5 I'm not sure. When I bought mine it didn't work. I had to go get it exchanged. I've had mine running for about 3 months with no other problems. I am running mine open.
     
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  7. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    I had mine on a 600 gph eheim pump and it jammed a lot. I don't use it anymore.
     
    Matt Rogers, Apr 25, 2005
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  8. gettingfiesty

    gettingfiesty Plankton

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    Run two on a MAG24 (basement sump) one has jammed and one hasn't. BUT, it you dose calcium that can be why they jam. In my instance, I was working on the tank and bumped it pretty good and it quit working?
     
    gettingfiesty, Apr 25, 2005
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  9. fishflyer

    fishflyer Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Just came across this thread after searching for polls so may as well add my two cents.

    I ran a Rio 14HF on my old 55g. It was turining about 600 gph for a year and a half no jams. Now I have a scwd running on my mag 9.5 aprox. 700 gph only for 6 weeks no jams so far.

    On both systems the scwd is getting water that has come from prefilter-sockfilter-skimmer-fuge-PH filter-scwd.
     
    fishflyer, Feb 25, 2007
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  10. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Mine SCWD has been working great for over 4 years now. About once a year I disconnect lines and blow it out. Can't see how much can go wrong with such a simple device.:confused:

    Scott ;D ;D ;D

    (crusing thru old posts 8) )

    OmarD
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    omard, May 6, 2007
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