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03-25-2010, 11:55 PM
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Yes it did, lowering the water level help me keep it more predictible, than after a few days was pretty consistant...
I had a few overflows but I think all except one were cause by a large cowrie I had in my sump, covering either the inlet or the exit on the flow of the skimmer. Hasn't been a problem since and is skimming a third of a cup of dark, dark skimate every day.... I have it set to run a bit drier simply because of the amount of stuff this thing is pulling out..... TJ
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03-26-2010, 12:23 AM
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Thanks TJSlayer,
I left the valve fully open and I going to leave opened for a few days. Sofar everything is going well. Also, thank you for this posting the review, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't know about the skimmer.
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03-26-2010, 02:02 AM
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No problem at all!
I wouldn't worry too much about fine tuning it for a few days, doesn't seem to take long to break in though....
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03-26-2010, 09:09 PM
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Just a quick update,
It took about 14 hours for it to produce it's first skimmate and now at 24 hours the skimmate production is consistent. I have the skimmer in 9" of water and the water level inside the skimmer is 1.25" below the white piece where the cup connects to the skimmer. At this time, I am impressed with the skimmer. It is doing much better then my last skimmer, H&S A150, which was oversize for my 55g tank with 20gallon sump. Although, the H&S A150 (rated for max 300gallon) is a great skimmer I believe the reason it was not able to produce consistent foam was because my tank did not produce enough waste for the skimmer. Lastly, its a little early to conclude but I was thinking of getting the Royal Exclusiv Alpha 170 cone for the tank before I decided on the Swc 160 but at this time I am happy I didn't. Again, a special thanks to TJSlayer for introducing the skimmer. Last edited by deputy1234; 03-26-2010 at 09:21 PM.
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03-26-2010, 10:16 PM
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Sounds like you have it setup similar to mine...
If you find it hard to fine tune the height in the body of the skimmer lowering the water level helped me, But I may have it too low now so I may remove a plate sometime. Mines sitting at about 7.5" max 8 depending on sump level, but it's pulling consitently dark goo at about 1-1.5" in the cup a day so I'm not going to mes with it right now... Glad your happy TJ
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04-01-2010, 01:11 AM
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I received mine this morning. It still has the hick-ups, but so far I can say this: Very well constructed, easy to disassemble, compact, POWERFUL and very very very silent. Man there's bubbles in there! I'll post soon about how it performs
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04-01-2010, 03:26 AM
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Welcome to the club Spiny.
TJSlayer, where do you have you water level set? I have mine just below the white collar where the cup connects to the skimmer.
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