Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags

Is the collection cup on that skimmer tapped so skimmate does not run into the tank in the event of an overflow? It appears to be, just see some brown on the outside of the skimmer.

Hey Dave,

Nope nothing is taped. The skim mate chamber had filled quickly, forcing some of the skimmate out of the breather holes on the top of the collection cup lid. That's where the brown gunk came from. I will connect the cup drain to a skimmate locker once I get the system purring, and I'd love to put on a neck cleaner, but that's down the road as well.

Should I be taping something? I am not familiar with that technique if I should be

[wickedfrags]

"tapped" rather than "taped".............the process of making a threaded connection where one did not previously exist, such as on older skimmer collection cups to allow draining. As you noted, appears yours does have one, using the orange colour plug at this time.

Originally Posted by Scythanith

Hey Dave,

Nope nothing is taped. The skim mate chamber had filled quickly, forcing some of the skimmate out of the breather holes on the top of the collection cup lid. That's where the brown gunk came from. I will connect the cup drain to a skimmate locker once I get the system purring, and I'd love to put on a neck cleaner, but that's down the road as well.

Should I be taping something? I am not familiar with that technique if I should be

[wreck]

Ty!

[Scythanith]

Haahaa I see now Dave! Yes it is tapped and has a drain. It's not all setup to drain yet as I want a safety backup in case the skimmer decides to overflow uncontrollably. I wouldn't want the ATO to add copious amounts of RO to the tank.

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by wreck

Ty!

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[wreck]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

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i had asked what the yellow fish was (blotched anthias) in the second last photo that u posted, someone answered my question and i said ty but forgot to quote.

[Scythanith]

I gotcha! Steve knows his fish

[asylumdown]

I want to live in your fish room. Is that weird?