Eshopps skimmer review

leducreef · #1 11-14-2009, 01:34 AM

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My pump is really loud I ran it for two days and could not take it anymore. It's been shut off for weeks and I keep meaning to bring it in to Ken to see if he knows any tricks to make it work right but at this point it's p***ed me off to much trying to figure it out that I almost want to toss it.

yep same hear with mine i ave help ken with prob about 5 of them now and i was only able to get one of them running good !
dont toss it lets see what eshopps is going to do about it i talk to ken today about it.

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mine works fine. not too loud. i just added a valve so i could adjust air intake and it seems to have done the trick. as for the micro bubbles i added a larger (diy ) sponge to the outlet. mine is a hob model.

thay seem to be hit and miss but frome what i have seen 4 out of five don't work
i would love to see a pic of what you did to yours ?

ElGuappo · #2 11-14-2009, 01:37 AM

check my bedroom tank build thread there are some pics of it in there. not really of the skimmer but you can see the larger (more pourus) sponge i added. the valve is just on a small piece of hose on inlet of the silencer.

leducreef · #3 11-21-2009, 11:11 PM

so i have been talking to them and thay are working on some of the problems
so i guess we will see what thay do .

noirsphynx i would contact them and get them to send you a new pump !
i am thinking i may do the same

GongShow · #4 11-26-2009, 07:37 PM

have you figured out how to fix the overflow problem mine will overflow one day and than I will empty it and than it could be fine for the next little while or overflow in a couple hours

leducreef · #5 11-27-2009, 04:20 AM

i have been talkin to them for a few days now
and thay are working on it .
give us a few more days and should have it worked out

cuz · #6 11-27-2009, 04:59 AM

hmmmm. i have noticed my hob will overflow every blue moon but found it to be caused by the micro-bubble sponge on the end of the out put. after a while it would get clogged with debris or food causing a restriction on the output thus overflowing the skimmer..

leducreef · #7 11-27-2009, 05:01 AM

you find if you shim the hob skimmer up a bit say a
inch it will work better !

noirsphynx · #8 11-27-2009, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by leducreef

yep same hear with mine i ave help ken with prob about 5 of them now and i was only able to get one of them running good !
dont toss it lets see what eshopps is going to do about it i talk to ken today about it.

I don't know how I missed this reply. What's your trick?

leducreef · #9 11-27-2009, 05:13 AM

what is wrong with yours

ElGuappo · #10 11-27-2009, 06:36 AM

i have the psk 75 hob and i tried raising it aswell and found it did work a little but not nearly aswell as regulating the airflow. i just added a piece of tubing to the in on the silencer and added a valve. i have since taken the valve off as its running like a dream now. very long break in period.