My Weipro skimmer is not foaming well

[giantbicycle]

no fish?

[yus75]

Why everyone can have kopi-O, some even have mocha but I only have Green Tea =/ ... , oh no,.. gonna change kopi tiam (because they dun sell kopi-o) !! hehe

mine water level abt 1cm below the top black band....mayb u can try it...

[Froggy]

Try running in the skimmer, or prehaps a stronger power head to drivew the PS. Took me abt 4-6 days before, it's skimming mocha colored skimmate. Tuning to the black O ring mark does seem to aid in the 'breaking-in' period. Now mine's abt 2-3cm above the water line mark. Seeming okie i guess for a 3footer with only live rocks, 1 file fish, 1 tomato clown and a sea horse...

[giantbicycle]

good to hear that your skimmmer is working well

[ryz]

why do you all keep the water level so high? I thought on the skimemr, theres a "keep water level here" sign way below the o-ring. I am keeping water level abt 2 cm above the words. No skimmate. using my weipro 2011 with 2000l/h powerhead. Should I raise the water level? I just added my rocks to cycle abt 2 hours ago, so think dun have anything to skim. maybe tomorrow. Can suggest an optimum water level in my weipro 2011?

[giantbicycle]

HI RZy i tune my water level to the black ring and the skimilate turns out dark BLACK BLACK hahahh .you should try

[ryz]

haha I tune my skimmer's water level to below the big grey band (the one just below the black ring) which is like 5-6 cm from the cup and Now still produces quite a lot of dry foam. After I add LR then produce foam. before that dun have. Haha!

[giantbicycle]

Ha Hi RZy you just bought a MH right?

[ryz]

yea bought it from a fellow reefer for 90 bucks. DE 150W 10,000kelvin Ushio/BLV bulb. it's the weatherproof floodlight that is sold at victron. original price think 165 or something. go to www.viclite.com to check.

[essence]

Can use a Aquamedic OR3500 pump for the weipro 2014? or is it too strong.

Thanks

[ryz]

Think you can. I'm using an atman pump 200l/h for my weipro 2011.

[sjsheng]

200l/hr is enough to fix weipro 2011 ???

can post some pic here and show me how big is this skimmer...

can it be hang on? cause my cabinet dont have space to put other staff... and i dont have sump

[Clownfish]

200l/hr is enough to fix weipro 2011 ???

can post some pic here and show me how big is this skimmer...

can it be hang on? cause my cabinet dont have space to put other staff... and i dont have sump

i think he meant 2000l/h

[ryz]

yea 2000l/h. are there any pump with such weak flow rate(200l/h)? haha

[sjsheng]

so 2000l/hr is the flow rate for weipro 2011... ???

so hw much will it cost for the pump to produce 2000l/hr ???

[ryz]

On the box it says you only need a 1200l/h pump to operate it. But You can use a higher flow rate pump. The pump cost me 20+ I think

[sjsheng]

the pump cost around 20+ ??

izzit small in size can post some picture?

[ryz]

yep it's a small pump.. vbery small for it's flowrate. go look for atman pumps model is something 306 one. look for it.

[giantbicycle]

Another

THIS PIcture is the pump size . IT is a 3000l going on a weipro 2012 and now producing Foam pool / Can play foam party

[giantbicycle]

This size quite compact..

[FuEl]

Too high a flowrate thru a skimmer can decrease its efficiency....I would rather stick to the recommended flow rate.

[littleclownfish]

i saw a pipe connected to the valve tat is connected to the pump...may i ask if wat was it attach to?

[ryz]

that is the connect the pump to the skimmer as the powerhead's outlet cannot connect to the skimmer directly.

[giantbicycle]

YAr that was the pipe to bring the flow rate up to the skimmer..

[yuyt]

I'm using a Weipro 2011 with a Dolphin 2500 pump rated at 1500l/hr. It is a 2ft tank running for 2 months. Water level is 1cm below the o-ring.

I could get small bubbles but the bubbles shoot up fast and produce a lot of clear & watery skimmate. I tried to adjust the water level lower but the knob is already fully open (6 o'clock position). What else could I do to get thick skimmate?