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Old 01-11-2010, 02:11 AM
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Yes, it's an Atman pump. the problem is that sometimes the meshwheels bind and then the impeller won't turn. Mine was very moisy and then stopped running. I temporarily removed the lock ring from the front of the pump to reduce the pressure on the impeller and it runs silently at the moment but I'll need a to swap in a good impeller so I can run it with the locking ring on.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:13 AM
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skimmer is nice.

see you mentioned dosing pump, which one, what do you think of it?
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Old 01-22-2010, 12:05 AM
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So it has been running for 12 days and has been pulling some nice yucky stuff out of the water:



Eeewwww, smelly!



So I'd say it's working fairly well.
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skimmer is nice.

see you mentioned dosing pump, which one, what do you think of it?

Sorry, missed the question. It's the Bubble Magus dosing pump but I haven't set it up yet. Looks nice and it powers up and runs on manual mode.
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How long does it take to collect full cup?
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Old 01-28-2010, 05:29 AM
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My tank is lightly stocked so about 6 or 7 days to fill it. It skims fairly dry.
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doesn't look like its working very well, your going to have to donate it to me
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Old 01-28-2010, 05:15 PM
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doesn't look like its working very well, your going to have to donate it to me
Well I would, but getting it out of the sump is a bit of a pain. I have a used Coralife 65 I can send you
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thats pretty much what i have
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Well, I don't have much experience with other skimmers so I can't say much whether it is a better product than other brand. I tried out the BM 160 and so far very happy with it. Although beside it is a little bit louderthan my aqua-medic, it absolutely produces more skimmage.

Here is screenshot of 3 days running on my 155Gallon tank ( you see the color is kind of dark brown because of N/P pellets)





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