Phlounder's 140

[Paramecium]

if that reeflo is anything like I have seen at the shows, it will be scarey!

[ChuckG]

Kind of downplays my newest acquisitions.

That thing is a monster. Crank it up. Let's see some goo.

[olsaltybastard]

I think the body is made in China; way to support communism!! Looks like it's built like a tank. Show us a few pictures of it running when you can.


Chuck,

Since I added the BM250, I must confess that it has not out skimmed the Deltec in any way. I can get the skimmate a bit lighter, but adding a gate valve on the Deltec does the same thing. My tank is lightly stocked, but I'm working on changing that.

[ChuckG]

I'm running my Deltec "wet" at the present time as I'm turning the system over to zeo. I still can't complain about the Deltec - it's working.

[phlounder]

Well, we have bubbles!

[olsaltybastard]

Nice setup!! Once that skimmer gets it's slime coating it should be chugging away like mad.

[phlounder]

Yeah, it's just sitting there blowing bubbles and looking pretty right now. It's only been a few hours and not skimming a great deal. Still playing with the adjustment tube also. I suppose it will be a couple weeks before it hits it's stride.

I probably should have put a gate valve in line on the outlet, but the plumbing on this thing is all metric. It does provide adapters for several different options, but I just used the pipe that came with the skimmer, for the most part.

I still can't believe I got it in my stand. Their listed footprint was accurate. I knew it was going to be a tight fit. The one thing that I did have to do that I had not planned for, was position the skimmer back more than I had anticipated. I had to get some ventilation to the air cooling holes in the back of the pump housing. So, I placed the whole skimmer assembly on a board and pushed it back, so that the pump protruded a little from the back of the open stand. At least now it is getting some air and it is not running any hotter than the Dart on the closed loop.

[Tangboy]

Sure looks pretty! Keep us posted on the performace as my brother is looking for a large skimmer for when he hooks up his 155 and 70 together to a common sump and skimmer system.

[phlounder]

I am running it at a little lower water level than normal right now to give it time to break in. Hopefully in a couple weeks I will have a better idea of how well it will actually work.

[Tangboy]

I'm still breaking in my Red Sea Prizm and trying to figure out how it works.