The play by play on a Jebo 180 skimmer

rasta979

rasta979

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Hey all! I am awaiting delivery today of my Jebo 180 HOB skimmer. Given all the debate (good natured of course) regarding skimmers and cost I want to give a pictorial review with commentary. Starting from the box, on into operation over the next couple weeks I will give you all the play by play and pics here. Weather it works great or is a true POS it will be a honest review. Hope you enjoy, look for the inital pics tonight!
Cheers!
 
rasta979

rasta979

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It has arrived, behold! The packing was great, good e-bay seller here. Check out the nice air bladders to keep stuff from moving. Up next inital set-up pics!
 
masala4080

masala4080

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looks sweet. You are lucky, a lot of ---- sellers just throw junk in there. Tell me how it works. I love getting stuff in the mail like that, its a fun and exciting thing. Good luck.
 
conch

conch

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:nervous:
I just bought the in-Sump verion of this Skimmer,

I will also show a play by play of the istalation when it gets here I am cautiously optimistic
that if nothing else, for my 55g the Skimmer will be a valid one rven if I have to repower it.
I also got the Jebo bg2200 powerhead with "Biological Filter attachment", and 360 degree rotater, and will let all know how this works out as well

:nervous:
55 g
130w 50/50 PC
130w 10000k PC
130w Actinic PC
~ 50 lbs of Live rock
Several pieces Gorgonian
Onc piece Orange Tree Sponge
Some Zoos and Mushroom Rocks
2 Percula Clownfish
2 horseshoe crabs
Royal Gramma
Mandarin Dragonet
Rusty Clown Gobi
Bartlett Anthias
2 Firefish Gobi
2 peppermint Shrimp
2 Green Emeralds (with red color ?)
Various Snails and Hermits
DIY Mud Filter -900 GPH
Large amount of Brillopad Algae in Fliter
 
conch

conch

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here is what the powerhead looks like assembled
BioBalls in the center of the Yellow Filter.
 
900dublr

900dublr

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Keep the info coming. Nothing like a detailed review. I may pick one up if it works out for u. BTW how much did u pay?
 
rasta979

rasta979

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Hey folks sorry about the delay, had to get through the weekend to get a bit of free time in the week to post :) The pics will be up tonight but I have the HOB 180 currently "breaking-in" in a bucket. I am doing this because when they say that stuff like slime coat will make a skimmer loose its mind...well they were telling the truth. It was like some tiwsted screen saver in my tank, just hazed out with microbubbles. I made a fresh batch of water, added a good amount of tank water and set the skimmer in the bucket. What do ya know, no bubbles in the bucket. I can now also control the level of the water. Before it was all white foam filling the collection cup in 5 min. Now nothing but its just been running a day. Pics to soon follow!
 
donahue

donahue

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do you use slimecoat in your tank? if you do your skimmer will not work unless all of the slime coat is gone
 
rasta979

rasta979

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I hang my head in shame LOL yea i am guilty of slime coat...thus the bucket system. I am going to move the skimmer into the tank again tommrow to see if it's all gone. I have carbon running to help in the process. I will post pics of things up to this point here in a bit!
 
rasta979

rasta979

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here are some pics of the skimmer out of the box. It feels well built, the plastic is sturdy and everything fit together well and no leaks!
 
rasta979

rasta979

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sorry about the blurr in the last pic, gotta stop chasing the dragon before posting (jokes, just jokes!) heres another
 
rasta979

rasta979

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the instruction manual that came with it focused mainly on assembly. there were some instructions on getting it running and the possiable break in period, but nothing indepth. I am going to move the skimmer from the bucket to the tank tonight or tommrow to see if my indcression (sp) with the slime coat has gone away. I will post pics of it in the bucket to give everyone an idea of it running and then on the tank. to end this post heres a quick pic of me tank (first i have posted) well part of the tank anyway. you get the head of tangie (my wife names the fish, and is not orginal about it :D ) the arse of clownie and my blue yellow damsel. more to follow
 
900dublr

900dublr

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so how is the skimmer doing? How much is it collecting a day? Notice the tank being any cleaner? Let us know.
 
rasta979

rasta979

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sorry about the lull folks, will be pics and good stories up soon...everything is not going perfect yet but not the skimmers fault...more to follow!
 
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