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12-13-2008, 05:50 AM
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hehehe ... if it is worth to ruin my impeller to make my skimmer work better I think I want to try it. Yes I am a little bit worried about how to restart the pump when it stops. Does it need to be unpluged and will it restart by itself or do I have to do something else to make it run ?
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12-13-2008, 04:10 PM
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I had to blow air into my air intake to start the skimmer if it wouldn't restart. Which I think may have been avoided if I had cut down my mesh a little more. Other than that the mod was worth ruining the impeller for, my skimmer went from "so-so" to "wow."
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12-13-2008, 04:52 PM
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i think that was the reason of the sicce pumps having problems starting up , and if I would have known that I wouldn't have spent 1300 on a skimmer
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12-13-2008, 05:37 PM
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How do you secure the mesh to the impeller?
How many layers of mesh do you use? Does anyone have any pictures of a completed impeller?
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12-13-2008, 06:28 PM
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I used either 3 or 4 layers of mesh. Its very important to trim the mesh so that it is just slightly smaller than the diameter of the impeller so it doesn't move against the impeller housing, this will cause problems when restarting the pump. I think Tony has pics somewhere on here, he did a very thorough instructional post on how to do the mesh mod. I'll see if I can find it  Here it is: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...highlight=meshOh and I didn't cut the pins off my needlewheel, I was too chicken  I just slapped the enkamat on overtop of them, it actually worked quite nicely.
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12-13-2008, 06:29 PM
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Here, not the best pictures but should give you an idea.
http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthr...&highlight=pf4 I used two layers in my Sedra 5000, which was all that would fit. Had there been more room I would have tried for 3. I tried fishing line to attach at first but my fingers weren't nimble enough for little tiny knots so I just used two zapstraps instead. Hope this helps. 
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12-13-2008, 11:01 PM
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Say Tony
Did you also mod your ASM G3 to be a recirculating skimmer. Tom R
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12-14-2008, 02:08 AM
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Tony when you said the word from "so so" to "wow" that makes me feel I can not wait any longer to do the mesh mod .... but unfortunately the guy at work who is saying he has PF4 was giving me a wrong kind of material. Can you tell me what you are using in your skimmer so at least I can do it right now instead of waiting to find PF4 in Canada. Every store I called today they do not carry it, only in US ... can't believe it !
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