Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Equipment => Topic started by: Riderc82 on March 16, 2008, 22:36:39
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Does anyone else besides me have an Octopus 200? It has been running since Tuesday and so far it has only produced about a cup of light green skimmate. So my question is how long do these skimmers take to break in? I'm thinking about hooking up my Remora Pro as much as I don't want to. It seemed to produce skim in less than a day after a good washing. I have the standpipe up as much as possible and the bubbles are about an inch from overflowing into the cup.
Thanks in advance.
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They can take up to two weeks to break in. You can speed this process along by running it in a diluted solutions of water and vinegar. Make sure you rinse it out really well if you go this route.
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I've heard of people using vinegar and water but I thought that was to just clean it. I'm glad someone else says it will take this long, I've read before that it could take this long but I always like to someone local say that.
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Well it's producing pretty good skimmate now but here's my next question, how often does everyone clean the neck of their skimmer. I was cleaning it every time I emptied the skimmer (about every three days.) for the last two weeks I have just been emptying the cup and not cleaning the neck and it seems to be producing more skim than before. So how often does everyone clean their skimmer's neck I don't care if you don't have an octopus I'm just curious.
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I think it is good practice (on any skimmer) to clean it regularly. I would remove the collection cup and clean the riser tube within on a weekly basis.
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Good deal that's what I have been doing, I keep considering doing the gate valve mod to my skimmer. I met a guy in Concy that had a gate valve and his skimmate looked much darked but it may be due to the size of his aquarium and bio load.
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Good deal that's what I have been doing, I keep considering doing the gate valve mod to my skimmer. I met a guy in Concy that had a gate valve and his skimmate looked much darked but it may be due to the size of his aquarium and bio load.
I suspect it is his tank, the gate valve mod will not change the skimmate, it just lets you dial it a little better and without getting your hands wet.