Custom made Twin Beckett

[Marineman]

I have a custom made twin beckett manufactured by Oceanwerx/Bio Ocean. The skimmer is 27" tall powered by two 4000lph pump (Rio 20 and SEN900).

The skimmer is divided into 3 sections to enable me to fit into my sump, the diameter of the skimmer is about 8", the first 2 sections is 7.5" and the top section with the collection cup is 11", giving it a total height of 27"

The top section with the collection cup/foam tower is connected to the middle section through a union, this makes connection very easy, no small screws to unscrew and screw back after cleaning. You do not realise screwing is so tough until you have done it!!!

Here are some pics

[Marineman]

Skimmer in action after 4 days

[blueheaven]

WOW looks cool!!!

[Marineman]

another pic

[Marineman]

the twin

[Marineman]

the twin

collection cup

[Marineman]

another view

[Marineman]

another view

The collection cup has an outlet for the skimmate to flow into an external collection cup

[blueheaven]

I'm speechless

[Marineman]

the neck of the skimmer full of skimmate

[Marineman]

I have only used it foe 4 days, not really fine tuned yet, the foaming is instant, so easy to run in.

ley's look at the union, so easy to screw and unscrew for cleaning, just twist and turn.

[Marineman]

another pic

[Marineman]

The above union is connected to this

[Marineman]

This is the skimmate for 2 days

[Marineman]

After cleaning, the foaming begins again, so easy

[Marineman]

last pic of foaming

[Marineman]

One last pic of the collection cup cover, holes to alllow release of air from the bubbles in the skimmer

[blueheaven]

But with the holes you cannot use an auto shut off waste collector right?

[patrick123]

wow..what are you feeding your tank man.....

Great looking skimmer and great result!!!

[Marineman]

But with the holes you cannot use an auto shut off waste collector right?

yes I can use an auto shut off, there is an outlet at the bottom of the collection cup which can be connected to an external container with auto shut off (I was told).

Anyway I am going to place the external collection cup in my sump just in case for one reason or another it overflows, the water goes back in the sump and does not flood the room.

The tank is located in my wife's office, so minimum maintenance is easier for me.

FYI, the tank has mainly fishes with some leathers and fingers (hardy corals) for ease of maintenance.

I feed them with ocean nutrition F1 and F2, mysis and finelky chopped squid, scallops, prawns and mussels alternately.

I had high N03, about 150ppm. I would also like to share an experience with you guys on sugar dosing, a couple of reefer friends used to dose sugar to reduce NO3, it worked very well initially, I was very reluctant, but eventually gave it a go, I dose two sachets of sugar for my 350gals tank every 2-3 days. Initially the nitrates did actually comes down. I lost a few fishes in the process, not sure if it is the sugar initially but now it looks like sugar is the cause. Then the other 2 friends who had dosed sugar for a much longer time than me had their tanks completely wiped out! All fishes dead. i was lucky enough to stop it in time!

I hope this skimmer will make my tank cleaner!

[Ocean Werx]

Hi MarineMan,

thanks for the review. I suspect that your skimmer is tuned too dry. My suggestion is to increase the water level and have a bigger collection bottle. Once the neck of the skimmer gets too "junked up", it will not be as efficient.

BTW, this injector seems to produce more bubbles. which pump are you using for this injector?

[hotlemond]

oh... I just love the giant union coupling. No more messy screw to deal with

[Lester]

hi bro .. can pm me how much ???

[jkleejk]

Hi MarineMan,

thanks for the review. I suspect that your skimmer is tuned too dry. My suggestion is to increase the water level and have a bigger collection bottle. Once the neck of the skimmer gets too "junked up", it will not be as efficient.

BTW, this injector seems to produce more bubbles. which pump are you using for this injector?

hi robin, the one on the left is power by rio20hf (arrowed) & right is power by US made pump SEN900 (used power his aquaC ). i feel the US pump is more intense than the rio20hf. overall it is well made. i m impressed. keep it up. best of all it is v efficient (only 100W) for twin rio20hf & it is not really hot compare to resun md55..

[slcw]

so MM install ordi. twin nozzle...hmmm...yummy