nautilis te adjusting?

pohtr

pohtr

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Anyone know how to get the nautilis te working properly? Mine just doesn't seem to produce much. My tank is young (6 months 90 gal) so maybe there's nothing to skim....but my nitrates are high (60-80...water change again tomorrow), and I've had my hands in there moving stuff around recently so I thought it would be doing something.
The venturi is that air hose, right? It has no adjustment, and the tube that slides up and down doesn't seem to go high enough. I bought it used to no instructions.
What do I need to do?
 
reefnut

reefnut

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The tube that slides up and down is the adjuster... mine works best when the top of the tube is about 1" below the black collar.
 
golfish

golfish

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Nut, why can't you add a Gate valve to those puppies? Seems to me that would be the best way to adjust..
 
pohtr

pohtr

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Wow, I've been having mine way up to the top trying to get it to foam high enough. Hmmm, I'll try it lower.
What's a gate valve?
 
golfish

golfish

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Originally Posted by ReefNut
I bet you could... never thought about it. That may allow for better adjusting??

Its really help with adjusting my ER. They take upa little more room but are well worth it.
pohtr,
Next time your in the PVC section of the hardware store ask to see a sch 80 PVC gate valve....Most I have seen have red handles and NO metal screws.
 
pohtr

pohtr

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So it does the same thing as a ball valve? So you can adjust the amount of water flow to the skimmer?
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Well kind of... it would control the flow out of the skimmer. Also a gate valve gives you a better adjustment ability than a ball vale.
 
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