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yeah..i think its how you want to play around with the skimmate and the size of bubbles lor..hehee..i go see if can get fine bubbles at that stage like you...hehe

the bubble chamber of the H&S....should have taken it at the other angle...really can see milky solution...meaning the bubbles very fine... dun compare with the AquaC lor...aquaC does thing the big bubbles way...hehe

the water level i din even know i set where...definitely below the foam tower..as u can see...cant even see water line..only bubble and more bubble... one thing i heard louder ###### sound from the air valve...meaning higher flow... when the gate valve fully open...it was like our pictures last night....i just have to close a little bit and start to climb up like no tomorrow liao the pump about eheim 1262 width..but length about 1.5 times longer.... how much ah..about 200plus..hehe but 90w only...steady...lol

the super fine bubbles are at the bottom of the chamber of the H&S...coz as they rise higher ...they get bigger and bigger and finally burst..hehe.. will show you how fine the H&S bubbles are actually ....i go take now....

To the benefit of all aquaC ev240 users...the pond pump i am using now is Mebner pump...made in germany....uses 90 watts for a full 6000litres/hr at zero head.. but here is wat that matters most... performance at 6ft head pressure which is 1.8288m high... it produces 3000l/hr at 2m height.. that is 792.516 gallons/hr at 2m.. which means it will break 800gallons/hr easily at 1.8288m high.. yeepeee.....

now the aquaC... really works like what it should be now... as you can see....even the bottom of the foam tower shows no sign of water level and yet all the foam goes all the way up and i am getting very wet skimmate...will adjust the gate valve to get dryer skimmate soon... but at least now it is really foaming CONSISTENTLY good...

managed to put the H&S into my sump...on top of my sandbed..wow..heng my cabinet damn high...lol... heng i know the need to have space for such objects...lol here is the H&S today..still playing with the airtubing to get the best results

all in parts lor....but that was how i use till now..hehehe anyway...i got a pond pump for the ev 240 liao.... rated at 6000litres/hr at 0 head...but 3000 litres/hr at 2metres.... and use 90w electricity... hehehe...i going out soon...back with more details tonight

Selling the below due to rearrangement of sump....all items used from december 2003 ATI Sunpro T5 54W tubes (4ft) 3pcs Osram QuickTronic Ballast 2x54w ( meaning 1 ballast to light 2 tubes together) 1pc Osram QuickTronic Ballast 1x54W 1pc ATI parabolic reflectors 3pc Waterproof endcaps 3pairs may also swop with 2ft or 3ft metal halides...topups either way to be discussed further.. thanks bros

actually no difference to me lor... coz the insump using 1 pump to do the needlewheel act and also draw water.... the outsump use 2 pumps to do the same thing... and currently i just move watever stuff that has been connected into the sump lor..not going to do any modifications....it's just a matter of where i place it lor..... i think the outsump refers more to the way the extra pump is needed to draw water into the skimmer since it can be located further from the sump...whereas the insump die die must be in the sump otherwise cannot draw water into it..heheh as long as another pump is needed for water provision....called outsump liao i guess...hehehe ok lah bro...hope u get well fast

ok lah..going off soon..see you guys later in the day

yeah lor....that one surely power one..imagine they only recommend iwaki 40rlt....u use iwaki md55 clone...sure power one..but remember to put gate valve as they recommend for MAK4..if not overflow..they say...

"la la la la la la..sing a happy song..... la la la la la la swop my skimmer with you.... la la la la la la....."

yeah....wait for my review with a strong pump first.... i shall be the guinea pig

havent ah...i tot when nothing at all to skim then means still breaking in....coz of the manufacturering process leaving some residue or slight oil on the chamber..hehe so i tot now skim tea colour means broken in liao...but havent adjust for dry foam yet..hehehe... hehe..today i getting stronger pump for the ev240...to provide a fair fight between the 2..... birthday ah.....i sing you a birthday song lor... "la la la la la la..sing a happy song..... la la la la la la singing all day long"

This is why I always end up cleaning more skimmate at the foam tower instead of the collection cup...hope this will change with a stronger pump

I think the H&S broken in liao...now giving me wet skimmate...i will dial down the foam level a little at a time and collect more dry foam and see its potential... can see the numbers 1,2,3....shows the bubbles getting bigger as they move up into the collection cup

time for bed

thats true...now it all adds up.... thanks for your detailed advice and suggestions, bro rumour....but nonetheless, if both the H&S and AquaC are operating efficiently..then i can afford to feed the livestock more and make them fatter and yet sustain good water parameters.... in any case that both skimmers fail to work together to solve my heavy feeding...i can fall back on my messy refugium which has been the silent underated perfomer in my system so far... if i can get nitrate value like the one below without the aquaC performing at full efficiency...i really look forward to heavy feeding with 2 skimmers and the refugium as back up hehee...yahhh...the fishes will get more to eat and grow fatter...hehe

yeah man.... no wonder my refugium kept growing and growing so fast...because the skimmer did not do much of the work at all..now i know.....all the nitrates got taken up by the macro algae instead of being stopped at the skimming stage... all due to the 4750 litres/hr pump that only produce 500litres/hr at 6ft and i end up wiping the foam tower of skimmate more than the cup....should have suspected the pump wasnt strong enough to drive the foam all the way up consistently... means unintentionally i have been relying on refugium for nitrate export before stopping them much much earlier at the skimming stage when all the stuff were still dissolved organics.. geeee

i have some stuff to attend to in the morning..afternoon i go scout around for those pond pumps first....i saw a few that can provide the 3000 l/hr at 6ft..but i go and see their power consumption first.... will keep you updated tomorrow night...

bro weileong..finally got hold of information of the pumps at 6ft head loss.... http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/hlc2.php sen 900 612 GPH Mak4 897 GPH Iwaki 40 RT2 690 GPH Little Giant 4 713 GPH i just put 6 under the vertical length in feet.. as you can see...sen900..really the lowest flow...maybe thats why you are not happy with the performance

hehe...yeah man.... hope i stay in this forum long enough to have roidanettes and roidandudes....hehehe thanks for the suggestions bro...hehe...but i really do not want the centre as a rock wall also as it somehow will take away more swimming space...hehe i want to keep the center of the tank free from rocks so that it can be a spot where the more active fishes can come swim in the open area whereas the shy ones have the side slope hills to hide...hehe yeah man....i think pressure rated pumps are really good for this aquaC application...either that...or i get a pump that is really rated at around 3000 litres/hr at SIX FOOT HEIGHT....never mind what is the maximum flow rate at 0 head...hehe... many thanks again bro

bro..as long as the water level is at the level of the black box....you are on the right path...but i am sure using a stronger pump like the md55 you are getting will definitely improve the performance... wat matters is the flow rate at 6ft...

yeah..i did consider that ..saw at aquamart.but 300plus to 400 i think...quite expensive.. but i am not sure wat's the flow rate at 6ft..that's all the matters now...high flow rate at 0 head loss no use for this aquaC ev240....sigh... for only 200plus i can use a german pond pump that can churn up to 5000litres/hr at 0 head and 3000plus litres/hr at 6foot....i think...not sure ... will go scout for a pump tomorrow late afternoon