My question is....why aren't the designers of the seaclone paying attention to all these mods and redesign the thing accordingly? A shorter inner tube in the collection cup, a shorter inner tube in the middle of the skimmer (this gives the bubbles a longer contact time), a better air value, and if they put a needlewheel pump on it, these would actually be a good skimmer. Most of these mods shouldn't cause the thing to be anymore expensive. Do they not care about the reputation they have? I did all these mods to my seaclone and while my results aren't as good as Cain's, it certainly juiced up the skimmer. I turned the maxijet into a needlewheel by doing the bioball mod. I bet if I had it in a sump, it would be impressive. BTW Cain, I thought the pump on the left side of the picture was hooked up to your seaclone. It looked like a mag pump or something.
