Chad,
How long has that Sea Clone been setup, new skimmers and old skimmers alike need a break-in period weather there just being setup for the first time or if they have just been cleaned. As I mentioned above, if your keeping your water column clean-which it definetly sounds like it with weekly changes, then I would say that it would be hard for any skimmer to clean the water. If I did a 15-20% w/c on my reef every week, then I am pretty sure that I wouldn't need to skim at all-even with a fully stocked tank.
Steve,
I have to disagree with you on this one. Everything I have ever read or experienced with this skimmer has been garbage!
After having all the mods and setup right, the thing still only collect about a 1/4inch of skimate in a week. After removing the skimmer I went back to an old ancient Saunders bare bones model that I bought for $5 bucks at a garage sale. That sucker out performed the Sea Clone big time!
The Saunders would pull out about half a cup a week-that's 75% more waste removal
I would never use a Sea Clone or a Prizm on an 80gl unless it was a Prizm Pro as these skimmers actually work on bigger tanks, as I have seen four up and running on different setups performing beautifully. As for a regular Prizm, Bakpak, or a Remora, they will out perform a Sea Clone hands down-I have seen this happen more times than I can count on smaller tanks over the last 6 years. Why pay and go through all the head aches of trying to make a piece of junk work alittle, when you can run a model that cost about $50 more that simply plugs in and plays right away!
cheers, Rich