Berlin Skimmer

[jherrin215]

I bought a used 125 salt about a year or so ago. I didn't know much about saltwater at the time and set everything up like I thought it should be. Needless to say it wasn't right. Now I have moved so I had to take it down but my question is can someone give me some advice on my skimmer. I know it's a berlin and it says from 25 to 250 gallons. I had it hooked up but it never worked, I never got any skimmate the whole time it ran, like a year. The powerhead that I think was for it was bad when I go thte tank, so this may be my whole problem. Does anyone know exactly which pump or powerhead I need to be using and where to find one?? I am in the process of doing a major overhaul to the original system and will probably have tons of questions in the future so please bear with me!! Thanks in advance!!

 

[ledzep fan]

Trash it, I had one also, the pump broke just like yours, and it never pulled out anything. My advice would be to get a new skimmer.

 

[jherrin215]

That was not the answer I was hoping for. I have looked these skimmers up and they are selling for around 200 bucks. There's nothing I can do to make it better?? The reason this pump wasn't working was because the tank sat for about 3 years. Dried saltwater and 3 years isn't a good combo!!

 

[sleeptech]

I have one of these they are a little tricky and need to be cleaned alot. I have mine running on a rio 2500 and it pulls good skimmate. You just have to tune it in and keep your water levels constant. Also as long as that sat up you might need to replace the venturi.