Aquamedic Blue T1000 skimmer review

[trilinearmipmap]

I will be interested to hear about how quiet it is.

[mseepman]

Continuing with my look at this skimmer...here are some shots from it while it's getting a Vinegar/water bath.

As you can see, the bubbles are really pretty fine. I'm impressed since these are 1/4 the size of the bubbles from my big Tunze.



After 3 hours in Vinegar/water mix....here's a shot of the skimmer neck.



And a shot down from above:


I've been working with it despite the ruined cup. A replacement cup is on it's way but I wanted to get to play with this in the mean-time.

As for noise...it's not bad if you submerge the output pipe. There is a defined noise from the air input, but I'm hoping to get a silencer that Aquamedic sells to solve that problem. This will be in my living room so a lot of noise won't go down well with my better half.

[lorenz0]

keep us updated. i just bought a deltec mc-500 and this was my second choice due to the same issue you have, area for your skimmer in the sump.

[mseepman]

I don't doubt that the MC-500 is going to be a great skimmer for you. I'm not going to be using this as an HOB...it's just too big for my stand. I will be using it in sump.

I guess that I should mention that this skimmer cost me about $215 after shipping and currency conversion.

[lorenz0]

lol ya thats why i am so interested. ussually AM stuff is great and was less than half the price of mine.

[Pescador]

Looks pretty good, you could probably DIY the silencer, it's basically a pill bottle with two airline fittings in the lid.

[mseepman]

Hey Brian,

Thanks for the advice. Kevin from Red Coral suggested the same thing when I spoke to him. I might just try that.