Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

The Skimz SK181 mod is finished
I had to file out the cord hole for the new pump as it's round and thicker than the stock flat 2-wire cable
No pics as I was in a hurry and besides, who cares. I opened up a cord passage

I did this mod as Peter had good luck with a slightly larger pump on his skimmer. Details are in this thread

Peter added an Eden140 pump (2800lph) and reported better skimming so I thought I'd try an Eheim Compact+ 3000
The stock ES2000 is 2000lph and the skimmer draws only 540lph of air
Similar Skimz skimmers with the ES2800 draw closer to 8-900lph of air

I was thinking about buying the Omega 150, and there's a near-new one for sale right now here on Canreef, but I love the footprint of mine, internal pump and gate valve-water outlet, so I'll stick with my Skimz for now

So, saving me buying another skimmer, I installed an Eheim Compact 3000+
It's a direct fit

It's a bit noisy right now, but I'm sure it will calm down

I'm also working on dialing it in but that's a small price to pay

I'm really hoping that I will get more lph of air and thus more nog
And if not, at least I now have a backup pump for my skimmer

Currently I can't report on it's nog production as I've just given the feed-mes some frozen and the foam head is collapsed

I hope to report back soon with great news

[Slyguy00]

Tanks looking great Greg!

[kien]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Tanks looking great Greg!

^what he said. That's cool how the birdsnest grew a flat top but then you let it grow back out again :-)

[gregzz4]

Thanks Nick

Originally Posted by kien

That's cool how the birdsnest grew a flat top but then you let it grow back out again :-)

I just lowered it in the tank and it kept growing
I had to get Ram3500 (Ian) to come by and take a crap-load of clippings for his auctions just to keep it from attaching itself to the glass as I couldn't even clean the front pane weekly without breaking branches off

Thanks Ian !!

[FishingGoalie]

how old is that birds nest and how big was it when you got it?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by FishinGoalie

how old is that birds nest and how big was it when you got it?

I bought it at Rich's summer 2012 frag swap
It was a 1 - 2" frag

[FishingGoalie]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I bought it at Rich's summer 2012 frag swap
It was a 1 - 2" frag

wow