Canadian Skimmer Company CSC-400

[mrhasan]

I was eating when I started browsing this post and stopped when I reached the 2nd last photo

[Aqua-Digital]

First shipment lands in 5 weeks

hold onto your hats for a real quality cr*p producer to arrive

[rhody605]

Aqua digital. What is the suggested retail price for this model?

[Aqua-Digital]

we have posted some provisional pricing on our sponsor forum, however the final price will depnd on cost of import. However I do not see much change in what has been listed.

[Cliff]

What depth of water are you running your CSC450 in ?

I just got one yesterday and I'm having trouble getting it to produce some good skimate. Right now it fills the cup about every hour. But I do have it sitting in 9 1/4 inches of water which is the max level according to the instructions. I'm thinking I might need to try it in 7 or 8 inches of water

[Aqua-Digital]

optimal is 7" also it will take time to break in, all skimmers need a good week.

set the air to minimum and set the gate valve to maximum, then balance the water height with the air. it will take some tuning as you have two balancing components, but once balanced and bedded in these skimmers are set and forget.

[Myka]

Hey Michael, just a thought for skimmer design in general... Biopellets are really popular these days and the easiest way to hook one up to a skimmer is to add a T fitting to the input of the pump so one end of the T receives the effluent from the biopellet reactor and the other end is left open for the skimmer to suck in additional water. This is the most common way for people to hook up their biopellet reactor to the skimmer. However, the input of the skimmer is usually 1" PVC and a 1" T fitting will not fit over it without modification. If there was a better option, like maybe a barb fitting on the side of the skimmer body, or a different size input tube it would definitely be a selling feature for the many hobbyists running biopellets.

On the other hand, these look like nice skimmers. I like the idea of dual pumps instead of one big one. If one breaks down the skimmer can still operate. I really like the skimmer output too from what I can see of it in the pictures - looks like a great design.

That pic of the solid skimmer goo in the bowl...YUCK!

As far as the name goes, "Canadian Skimmer Company", these skimmers aren't manufactured in Canada are they? The price point seems too low for a Canadian manufacturer. Is it a Canadian company producing the designs then?

[Cliff]

Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

optimal is 7" also it will take time to break in, all skimmers need a good week..

Thanks for the info

I will raise the skimmer so it will be sitting about 7 inches of water. I only started at the max as that seam to be the setting my Skimz SK181 worked best at. With the sicci pumps, I guess its a whole other ball game.

I'm a little disappointed to hear I just missed out on a newer model Timing is everything I guess