Attention Super Skimmer Owners...
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sepulatian
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I have the Coralife 65 skimmer. There is the red knob that sticks up next to the cup, and also a larger dial down below the cup, kind of in the tank. You will have to adjust both. Adjust it until the water goes slightly up the tube in the cup, where it starts to get narrow. As far as the set up, the nice fella at the LFS set mine up for me
It took him a few minutes.
sepulatian
Moderator
Originally Posted by CedarReef
http:///forum/post/2955652
I also have the 65 model, but when I followed the directions, the collection cup flooded lol. I'll try to tinker with it some more. Would you recommend dry or wet skimming?
I just messed with it, to be honest. I have had it overflow too. Adjust the larger dial on the side so it is vertical. Adjust the red knob so that the water just hits the part where it curves in on the tube within the cup. The foam will start. If it is flowing over the top of the tube then turn it down some. It should bubble at the top, then flow over the sides, into the cup. It shouldn't continuously do that. The foam has to build up if it is going to remove the organics. You should not get skimmate that is light in color. Let the bubbles build. It takes a few days of bubble building to get that nice, nasty, darker stuff to come out.
http:///forum/post/2955652
I also have the 65 model, but when I followed the directions, the collection cup flooded lol. I'll try to tinker with it some more. Would you recommend dry or wet skimming?
I just messed with it, to be honest. I have had it overflow too. Adjust the larger dial on the side so it is vertical. Adjust the red knob so that the water just hits the part where it curves in on the tube within the cup. The foam will start. If it is flowing over the top of the tube then turn it down some. It should bubble at the top, then flow over the sides, into the cup. It shouldn't continuously do that. The foam has to build up if it is going to remove the organics. You should not get skimmate that is light in color. Let the bubbles build. It takes a few days of bubble building to get that nice, nasty, darker stuff to come out.
jackri
Active Member
I just adjusted my 125 until bubbles went halfways up the collection cup and WAIT. Check a bit later as it may need a little time to settle in where there's a good spot to skim at. If you are using it as a HOB application set it lower -- you don't want it overflowing... which can be a big concern with these. Mine sits in the sump so if it overflows its not THAT big of a deal and nothing gets flooded... just all the crap that was in the cup goes back in the tank.
Make small adjustments and wait a bit is my advice.
Make small adjustments and wait a bit is my advice.
cedarreef
Member
Originally Posted by canareef
http:///forum/post/2956032
Is there no break in time for these? My friend has one and it took us for every to get right then LFS told us they never work out of the box you have to run them for 3-4 days to break it in before it would start skimming decent.
I tried to set it for "break-in" by following the initial operation settings, but it never worked and it's been about 2.5 days. It's in my sump so it's not THAT bad if it overflows, but still. I'm going to try what jackri said. Thanks for all the help guys.
http:///forum/post/2956032
Is there no break in time for these? My friend has one and it took us for every to get right then LFS told us they never work out of the box you have to run them for 3-4 days to break it in before it would start skimming decent.
I tried to set it for "break-in" by following the initial operation settings, but it never worked and it's been about 2.5 days. It's in my sump so it's not THAT bad if it overflows, but still. I'm going to try what jackri said. Thanks for all the help guys.