Dez' Tank Journal

[Dez]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

If those extensions work well for you I may have to try out your idea myself. If you don't mind me asking, how much did they cost?

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[lastlight]

Length isn't everything man but it sure can't hurt your system. Do you have to feed more flow from the pump in there now that you're skimmer is fully erect?

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Length isn't everything man but it sure can't hurt your system. Do you have to feed more flow from the pump in there now that you're skimmer is fully erect?

Well, at this point I really couldn't do anything about girth, so all I could do was to extend the length of it. No I don't have to feed more flow from the pump, I simply raised the water level with my gate valve. My theory is that the more erect it is, the more contact time the bubbles have, thus skimming more? I don't know. And Brett, FYI the skimmer isn't fully erect yet. I still have a 12" extension sitting in the box

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Dez

So here's the plan then. Order a new tank, order new lights etc. Send my wife and kids away for a week....then during that week install the new tank and everything. Then when my wife and family comes back, they can't really make me take it out..... think it'll work?

Originally Posted by Dez

Maybe Vegas would work. It would be even better if I sent her away alone and kept the kids with me, then they could help. I'll just tell her it was the kids' idea

Sounds like a good plan to me

Originally Posted by Dez

Well, at this point I really couldn't do anything about girth, so all I could do was to extend the length of it. No I don't have to feed more flow from the pump, I simply raised the water level with my gate valve. My theory is that the more erect it is, the more contact time the bubbles have, thus skimming more? I don't know. And Brett, FYI the skimmer isn't fully erect yet. I still have a 12" extension sitting in the box

Yet another good reason to fully read the whole comment. Somehow I read the part in bold and I missed words in front of it. Makes more sense when you read it all together

[kien]

seriously, not the right time to skim posts.. all I pulled out on my first pass was.. blah blah blah 12" blah blah blah extension blah blah blah 16" blah blah blah erect blah blah blah more extensions! ..

[whatcaneyedo]

You've been using that extension for over a month. Got any updates for us to say how it worked out?

[Skimmerking]

Dez make sure that you add more air now with the extension since you have longer contact time or you will find that the mid way up you will see the skimmer get really dirty

[Skimmerking]

oh ya what pump are you running Dez on the skimmer

[Dez]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

You've been using that extension for over a month. Got any updates for us to say how it worked out?

Oops, totally missed this post. The skimmer extension is awesome. The skimmate seems worse. My wife has recently started to complain about the stench from the fish room and the tank has been up for a year already, and it's only recently she's complaining about the smell. I agree with her. I need to get some sort of carbon soon for my external skimmate collector cause it really does smell.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

oh ya what pump are you running Dez on the skimmer

Mike, the pump is my return pump - blackfin 6000. It's got lots of juice and yes I did increase the air a bit but I don't want the bubble size to be too big.