mengyang_neo Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I bet a lot of reefer will sometime find that how come last time my skimmer skim so much now dun skim much? Is it because my tank have mature and it has found it own balance so there is nothing to skim? This is what I thought also until recently I found that how come no matter how I tune my skimmer air tube the water volume don't go up. My feeder pump is choke with very small tube worm so the flow rate into my skimmer is greatly reduce. I clear the choking stuffing and the feeder pump start working normally and I get my thick skim back. For people whose skimmer dun skim much maybe can check whether the feeder pump is choke. All the best. Happy reefing. Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Lol. Saw yr header, already planned to tease u by saying either yr tank so matured or skimmer too old and true enough, skimmer is too old. Lol. Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mengyang_neo Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 lol but it is quite important to do some maintainance once in a while to ensure everything is running smoothly. =) Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onizukaa Posted March 18, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted March 18, 2011 lol but it is quite important to do some maintainance once in a while to ensure everything is running smoothly. =) yea agree, thanks for the heads up bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 encounter the same issue resolved by cleaning the air intake air tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TayHongSiang Posted March 18, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted March 18, 2011 for me is...the hose connecting the feeder pump came off... but the strange thing abt my skimmer is....whenever i do WC..it will stop skimming for 30mins - 1hr b4 it starts to skim again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mengyang_neo Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Interesting now there are more thing to take note when doing maintainance. Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tian85 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Like to know how often you all take the whole skimmer out to clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaine Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Like to know how often you all take the whole skimmer out to clean? collect cup every 2 months whole skimmer, possibly 6-12mths, mainly the pump and needle wheel as it might get stuck. Quote FOWLR Tank : 48"x24"x30" Sump: 36"x18"x20" Return Pump : Rio 32HF Skimmer: Reef Octopus DNW-110 Lighting: 150W MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mengyang_neo Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 collect cup every 2 months whole skimmer, possibly 6-12mths, mainly the pump and needle wheel as it might get stuck. Yup it is good to take out the skimmer pump to clean up every 6 mth, for collection cup is up to individual, some wash every 3-4days. Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BFG Posted March 19, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted March 19, 2011 for me is...the hose connecting the feeder pump came off... but the strange thing abt my skimmer is....whenever i do WC..it will stop skimming for 30mins - 1hr b4 it starts to skim again... Same with my skimmer. Take it as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 collect cup every 2 months whole skimmer, possibly 6-12mths, mainly the pump and needle wheel as it might get stuck. previously dry skim, need to clean twice a week now wet skimming, i clean once a week once every 2 months, must have waste collector liao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaine Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 once every 2 months, must have waste collector liao just being lazy to clean a small mess. Since it has a output, just have a tube to a bottle will do. Quote FOWLR Tank : 48"x24"x30" Sump: 36"x18"x20" Return Pump : Rio 32HF Skimmer: Reef Octopus DNW-110 Lighting: 150W MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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