I made a short video that shows my skimmer. If you have a knack for tuning skimmers, can you look at it and tell me what, if any, adjustments you would make?
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Good questions. The tank is five months old and I cleaned the cup about 8 hours ago.So it looks like it was just cleaned an hour before you made the video. Is the aquarium its attached to an established reef of a few years or a new tank setup? I believe those things matter if you wish to get some intelligent feedback. It’s a great skimmer. But it may very well be doing exactly what it’s supposed be doing depending on the bio load etc. following.
It's not. The pipe goes into the water by a few inches. However, I found the bubbles rising and popping on the surface made a high pitched sound like freshly pour soda. A filter sock on the outlet made it quiet.I'm not familiar with that skimmer, but question why the outlet is terminated above water level?
Nitrates ~15Ahh, the skimmer is new. It's going to require some breaking in to allow some slime coat to form on the internal surfaces.
Give it some time, do you have a heavy biology? Can you provide nitrate and phosphate results.
It will, that's a healthy nutrient level. It'll just take time to allow the skimmer to break in.Nitrates ~15
Phosphates ~.11
I've been changing water twice a week to keep it there. That's one of the reasons I bought a new skimmer. I was hoping it would pull out more gunk.