CSC 250 Review

[Aqua-Digital]

Hi
Thanks for the review.

In regards to a quality problem, the units are 100% inspected by me personally before leaving us, the damage is a shipping issue not a quality issue, and it will be 100% rectified at zero cost to you as reef supplies indicated.

I am really pleased you love the skimmer and look forward to reading further entries. You will also find quite a few other very positive reviews of the skimmer on the forum.

A few people that have not been following the development of this skimmer range and are confused by the name. It is of course manufactured by Skimz, but under our guidance and feedback from users to modify the unit to use Sicce pumps instead of the original Eden. So the skimmers come with great pedigree, build quality and renowned name (just with a better pump )

[noy]

just thought i'd follow up on this thread.
Got my replacement cup from Aqua-Digital without any fuss. So that was great they followed up on a problem quickly. Ray (goreef.ca) and Aqua-Digital was great.

The recommended water depth for this skimmer is 180mm (7") to 240mm (9.4"). I started off with a 9" depth because that was the natural depth of my sump w/o any raising of the skimmer. I have a ATO system in place to keep the water at a consistent depth (very crucuial for efficient operation of skimmer - imo). I find that for me the optimum depth is about 7.5 inches. At 9" - the gate is wide open and if you have anything that cause the skimmer to react (like using putty to put in a bunch of corals) - the skimmer overflows and you can't do much about it (short of turning it off an emptying the cup). I ran it at different depths and just found 7.5 inches seems to be the best depth. The gate is about 1/2 opened and i have a fair bit of control over how dry/wet i want to run it. I noticed if you run the gate wide open there is a bit of turbulence in the water under the pump (from looking at the movement of the bubbles) so i think that reduced that contact time the water has and in effect is less effective (in a very minimal fashion).

A useful tip i would offer is to mark off a spot on the control for the gate valve and the direction of control. I keep bumping the control when i take the cup out and the reference lets me know what my setting was before:


IMG_4767 by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/93342758@N02/]

No review of a skimmer would be complete without a picture of skimmate in a collection cup so here it is:

IMG_4766 by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/93342758@N02/]

I consistently get a dark skimmate on a daily basis. I'm a bit lazy so i only empty the cup ever other day or so.

So all in all i would highly recommend this skimmer. The pump is whisper slient and powerful. The design of the skimmer is great - the acrylic used is very thick and high quality.

The distributers and retailers give great service and fixed a shipping defect problem right away.