Tunze 9010 skimmer

[Doug]

Marie, its 3.5 in. from the top of the frame on the tank to the top of the cup. I will try get a pic for you later today.

[Doug]

I tried a couple pics Marie. Having problems with window glare & light. Hope these will give you an idea anyways. Forgive the flash in one but wanted more light for the pic.

[marie]

Thanks Doug . I have a remora pro on my tank that is viewed from 3 sides and I wanted to replace it with something less ugly. It's a toss up between the deltec or the tunze.

[Raf]

i guess if u have glass tops, using this skimmer would produce issues....i figure you would have to get them custom cut?

[marie]

Doug, how is this skimmer working out?

[Doug]

Hi Marie,
Its working great so far. I will post more later tonight or tomm. morning, as I have to go out.

[Doug]

Just an update. The skimmer is running fine. It skims well but not as wet as others say. I may have a block or kink in the air feed tube, which I will check out soon during its transfer.

They say the 9010 cup, because its shorted, skims pretty wet if the air is run near full. Thats the advantage of the 9015 with the larger cup, allowing for a higher foam climb and a drier foam if desired.

I still dump about 200mm every few day of good dark stink crud. My 90g is looking just fine, {to bad I sold it}. The skimmer is very quiet and I still think no more obtrusive than corner overflows. Most likely the easiet cup to dump & clean.

Of course, it does not skim as much as any of my becketts did but it does skim as much as my 24in. by 6in. Euroreef, and my largest of the Super skimmers types did.

[andresont]

Originally Posted by marie

Thanks Doug . I have a remora pro on my tank that is viewed from 3 sides and I wanted to replace it with something less ugly. It's a toss up between the deltec or the tunze.

If you like, i can post some pics of HOB Deltec running on My 60 gal tank.
Just PM me cause i dont keep track of thread postings.

[Buddyboy]

Hi Doug!

You got rid of your new 90G tank? What happened???

Also, can you post some pics of your new setup and the Tunze in the 20G sump whenever possible? I'm looking to setup something very similar. I was thinking i'd go with either a Tunze 9010, an AquaC Urchin or Deltec MC500 as they have a small footprint. A 20G sump doesn't give you alot of room to work with! Will you have a fuge in there as well?

Thanks!

[Slick Fork]

I added a sump to my 100 gallon set-up about 2 weeks ago and stuck my 9010 inside.

In my experience, placing the skimmer into the sump doubled it's output. I think I've only had mine a week longer than doug has (judging by his original post) and I'm thrilled with mine as well!

Oh yeah, as far as the rated size goes... if you check out the tunze website they give you a guide. This skimmer is only rated for 240 gallons if it's a softie tank, if you want to keep lps you gotta knock that number down (can't recall the percent) and if you want to keep sps they recommend knocking the number down to 60%