seaclone skimmer output

[smbuddy46]

i have a seaclone 150 on my 125. i know nobady likes them, anyway i tried the adjust that i read here about putting a air stone down in the middle of it to create more bubbles, well before i was getting this dark brown slimy stuff but only about a half inch each day,now i have to empty the cup twice a day but the liquid is a golden color and less slimy, am i still better off this way it seems i'm getting more out or if i'm getting just more deluted. thanks

 

[marvida]

I have a SC 100 on a nano. I've never felt the need to increase bubbles, it's been the constant adjustments that have bothered me. I like them for small tanks. I doubt if you're getting any more stuff out than before, like you said, it's just more diluted. I would probably run it unmodified until I was able to upgrade the skimmer.

 

[joker_ca]

i also have a seaclone 100 on my 80g(but not for long) have u guys ever managed to make it look like the picture on the box....you know that vortex look, mine has never looked like the picture on the box

 

[smbuddy46]

you mean like the little tornado inside there, ye mine does that

 

[joker_ca]

YES mine has never done it and i have had for a very long time i've played with it and could never get it to do the tornado like in the picture

 

[marvida]

Mine used to do that. The inside is so covered in coraline that I'm not sure what it looks like in there now. It produces so I leave it alone.

 

[joker_ca]

post a pic i want to see

 

[zelfin]

Mine has the vortex look. It took about 3 weeks for it to settle into that routine but now it works great.

 

[marvida]

Here's a pic of when it was first installed.

 

[marvida]

Here it is now.

 

[thejdshow]

Originally posted by joker_ca
i also have a seaclone 100 on my 80g(but not for long) have u guys ever managed to make it look like the picture on the box....you know that vortex look, mine has never looked like the picture on the box
I have the SC 150 and mine looks just like the cyclone on the box. I get a lot of bubbles when i do water changes, but it seems to be working well