This can be a very lonely hobby. I tried to show my daughter all the skimmate I had taken out of the collection cup and not only was she not interested, she actually left the house :surprise:

LOL, Looking at the color of that, I'd leave too LMAO

Marie what are the true dimensions of the WHOLE unit assembled?

J&L only lists the size of the base but I'm trying to plan my sump and would really appreciate it if you could measure for me =) I think there are 2 different ways to mount the pump so i imagine there are 2 possible dimensions as well.

Oh and what depth does it need to be run in?

Thanks.

From everything I've read, the ideal depth is around 9" which is where I have mine at the moment and it seems to run well but i think i read somewhere it can be anywhere from 7-10" as long as the depth is stable (doesn't change with evaporation)
The way I have it set up the dimensions are (including all sticky outie pieces :lol: ) 16 1/2" by 12".
If it is set up the other way I think it would be approx 11" by 19" ... all these measurements are approx because it is hard to get a true measure with the base underwater but I rounded all the numbers up so it shouldn't be bigger then what i said

nice and it's still breaking in! just when i feel content skimmerless i see pics like this, crap i can't wait till i get a skimmer! lucky :mrgreen:

It's better to go skimmerless until you have the money saved up for a good one then it is to have to deal with a crappy one that sets you back a couple of hundred dollars.

Thanks for the specs! Now howzabout a loan?

Hi Marie,

Congratulations on your awesome new purchase!!!! That's just too excitting!
We're going to be purchasing a Bubble King for our newest tank that we're putting together and can't wait...thanks so much for the update on how things are going....it's a great piece of aquarium jewellery LOL!!!! :wink:

Sarina

Well I think its done breaking in but its kind of embarrassing to show exactly how much gunk is being removed in a 24hr period
Skimmer cup was empty yesterday evening :redface:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...skimmer018.jpg

All I can say is, no wonder I started having problems with the tank. I'm now going to assume that it is all a nutrient issue, not a co2 bottle issue

That is truly unreal! How many ml. would you say it does it draw per day?

I actually did measure it out in a measuring cup once :lol: . I'm getting about 2 cups a day, more if I let it skim on the wetter side

That big 'OL Achilles is truly royal. He has the nicest throne around. :lol:

Marie IF you dont mind what was the price tag on that BK.....

The retail price on it is $1499, but I got in on a group buy through RC and even having it shipped from the states and paying all the taxes, I still paid less then that

Omg, this thing has gone to a whole new level of disgusting. I was tired of having to empty the cup every 3 days so I thought I would see how dry a skimmate I could get.
I cleaned the cup thoroughly sat and by this afternoon the fish room was starting to smell pretty bad.
This is the result, the skimmate was so thick you could almost cut it with a knife and the smell is horrendous (and I come across some pretty bad smells at work)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ll/misc020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ll/misc021.jpg

sorry for the bad picture quality I blame it on the smell :razz:

As you can see the cup isn't even half full, I could of let it go another 4 days... if the smell didn't kill me first

WOW Marie what size is that on the 250 super marine is it

It's the supermarin 200, I had read that the supermarins were designed to run wetter then the delux models but this stuff is pretty thick

Geez I can't WAIT to get mine up and running. That crap turns me ON.

Fish Porn 101 :mrgreen:

Iam really wandering if any other hobby has as many crazy people as ours. We get joy
out of the weirdest things, Iam sure. And yes Iam jealous I get a warm and fuzzy feeling
from cleaning my baby remora pro. Wish I were you for a day. I sure wish I had a sump boo hoo! I feel left out. Ha Ha! Where are pictures of the tank????? Inquiring minds want, no need to see.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45755 :lol:

I was sooooo tempted to sneak that out of the sump & into my CRV on my last visit. Good thing I cut off my pinky tip :sad: & couldn't get my hands wet:biggrin:

Glad this big purchase worked out so well for you. Now you can hook up the big CO2 tank to your Ca reactor again. I guess your tank had reached critical mass in terms of nutrient bioload when you had those problems (before the BK).

Anthony

bubbleking
 

i'm so jealous i'm running a corallife 125 and managing to skim 1 cupful every week but then i got huge tankful of algae in my sump that sucks up all those noxious nutrient. what this equates to is my nitrate, phosphate measures zilch while i end up tossing into garbage bin handfuls of algae too often.