My Hydor 700 skimmer likes to be difficult at times, I was trying to get the skimmer head off to clean it and some how managed to throw the puppy half way across the room :lol:.

That tang is going to LOVE the 280g Tony, what a nice little upgrade for the feller.

Well, at least you didn't throw it all over your wife. :redface:

HAHAHAAaaa!!! Lance reading that story actually made me shoot milk out my nose, I didn't believe it was actually possible until it happened to me.

Skimmate makes for some good times :lol:.

I run a hydor also, do what I do, take out the inner ring on the skimmer (where the neck of the skimmer cup goes)... I have run it this way since the beginning and it works great. Then you don't have to fight with putting it on or throwing it around.

Oh Yeah, Yuck!!! What a mess.

Some pictures out of boredom. Seeing these really drives home to me I should consider Lasik or something.

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The rabbit is now the second-largest fish in the tank.
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When the trigger doesn't think I'm looking, she is a more emerald green colour. I have no idea the significance of the blue. Her way of asking for food maybe???
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Here you can see the significant bleaching to my purple carpet. :( Been about 3 months now, maybe more. Still eating at least, I am hoping it will recover over time and after transfer to the new tank.
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Ok! Back on track. Maybe! Hopefully! Geez, I really hope so anyhow.

Sump is slid back in place, and replumbed.

Sump return:
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/a/d/...img_1579-0.jpg

What I did was take the chop saw to the original bulkhead and then chipped off the bulkhead off the elbow piece so I wouldn't have to buy new 2" ball valve pieces. I had enough of the bulkhead left to re-use it, so I did. :lol: It's just a low-profile bulkhead now. The threads are just long enough to clear through the 10mm glass and have about 2mm poking out under the thread nut.
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/a/d/...img_1581-0.jpg

And the skimmer is hooked up and plumbed:
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Pardon the mess of wires .. I've not been worrying about the wiring until I was reasonably happy with the placement of "stuff" (skimmer, pumps, etc.) Cleaning up the wiring will be a job in itself, but for a later day.

Good Karma on ya Tony.

looks like your making some action, keep it up eh

Oh sweet your skimmer outlet feeds into a sock. Trap them micro bubbles nicely.

heeeeck yeessss!

glad to see things back on track Tony. and +1 to the outlet of the skimmer into a sock!

Looking good Tony. I think we already discussed this earlier: The skimmer emptying into a filter sock is a great idea, but you're going to get ****y having to change the sock every day or two. In hind sight I would have set mine up with a way bigger sock than the 4" one. I"m lucky to get two days before changing. :cry: