Biocube Skimmer

slakker · 02-21-2008, 12:50 AM

I've got a BioCube protein skimmer for my 14 Gallon Nano... it skims really wet, and I notice it does take stuff out, but not sure it's the best one... anyone with experience or advice?

JP 1230 · 02-21-2008, 01:18 PM

I have the fission nano skimmer that i used to use in my 12 gallon nano...
I had to modify the hood so I could get it to stick far enough out of the water to foam properly. Even then, mine was very wet too.
Because there isn't enough space to put it in the sump, it hung in the tank, taking up a lot of space and looking very unattractive. I felt it wasn't doing that much anyway so I decided to take it out as a test.
5 months later....my water chemistry has not changed and all of my corals are still doing well. For now....I will not be putting a skimmer back in my nano. It's doing fine, and loooks better without it. I will post some pics soon...
My theory is that nano skimmers are too small to work very effectively.

tippMANn98 · 02-21-2008, 02:36 PM

to get it to skim wetter or dryer you have to adjust the air going into the venturi.....higher or lower.

djbacon · 02-21-2008, 03:47 PM

I have the BC 14 skimmer as well and until I did the following it skimmed very wet. The trick with that guy is to get the foam going just up over the rim of the reaction chamber, not the collection cup. Make that adjustment and you will get crusty foam and tea colored water after a couple days.

Probbaly not the best skimmer in the world but it is working.

slakker · 02-21-2008, 10:32 PM

That seems to have fixed it... also, do you change the wood block as frequently as they suggest? I'm thinking that's excessively frequent, sound like a money grab to sell more parts...

reefman420 · 02-21-2008, 11:52 PM

i set up the new cpr nano skimmer in my uncles bc29,slides right in the back chamber

tippMANn98 · 02-22-2008, 08:41 AM

You guys besides Reefman, might wanna pick up a different skimmer all together. They aren't the best and probably worse than the most worse.

slakker · 02-22-2008, 12:34 PM

I'd like to get something that fits in the first chamber of the BioCube

tippMANn98 · 02-22-2008, 12:40 PM

they make it so you put them in the middle chamber....like so:

gotta get rid of the bio balls, and the drip tray

slakker · 02-22-2008, 12:50 PM

I Have a BC14, don't think it'll fit...

tippMANn98 · 02-22-2008, 12:51 PM

they make smaller ones to fit yours...and the 8g

02-21-2008, 12:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
slakker Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Biocube Skimmer I've got a BioCube protein skimmer for my 14 Gallon Nano... it skims really wet, and I notice it does take stuff out, but not sure it's the best one... anyone with experience or advice?

02-21-2008, 01:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
JP 1230 Bryozoan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 49 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Biocube Skimmer I have the fission nano skimmer that i used to use in my 12 gallon nano... I had to modify the hood so I could get it to stick far enough out of the water to foam properly. Even then, mine was very wet too. Because there isn't enough space to put it in the sump, it hung in the tank, taking up a lot of space and looking very unattractive. I felt it wasn't doing that much anyway so I decided to take it out as a test. 5 months later....my water chemistry has not changed and all of my corals are still doing well. For now....I will not be putting a skimmer back in my nano. It's doing fine, and loooks better without it. I will post some pics soon... My theory is that nano skimmers are too small to work very effectively.

02-21-2008, 03:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
djbacon Torch coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 542 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Biocube Skimmer I have the BC 14 skimmer as well and until I did the following it skimmed very wet. The trick with that guy is to get the foam going just up over the rim of the reaction chamber, not the collection cup. Make that adjustment and you will get crusty foam and tea colored water after a couple days. Probbaly not the best skimmer in the world but it is working. __________________ Check out my awesome 14g nanoreef in progress - http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ater-tank.html The Nano Club - It's not the size of the reef. It's what's in it that counts

02-21-2008, 10:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
slakker Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Biocube Skimmer That seems to have fixed it... also, do you change the wood block as frequently as they suggest? I'm thinking that's excessively frequent, sound like a money grab to sell more parts...

02-21-2008, 11:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
reefman420 Elegance coral Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 1,085 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Biocube Skimmer i set up the new cpr nano skimmer in my uncles bc29,slides right in the back chamber __________________ 155 oceanic bow front,20 long refuge packed with caluerpa and mangroves,40 gallon sump,175lbs LR,3x250 watt xm 10ks,aqua-c remora,and pro-clear 150 skimmers sailfin tang,kole tang,royal gramma,cinnimon clown,2xpink skunk clowns,six line wrasse,mandarin, 155 bow coral-orange montipora cap,superman monti cap,scripps green polyped staghorn,ORA pink poccilipora,ORA blue millipora,green slimer,yellow UK acro,pink birdsnest,armor of god zoas,various zoas and shrooms,hammer,frogspawn,clove polyps,favite,fancey toadstool,reg toadstool,yellow leather,purple leather,devils hand,2 types xenia,ricordea florida,ricordea yuma,kenya tree,galaxia,bubble coral,button polyps inverts are lots of snails and hermits,crocea clam,maxima clam and seabae anemone,rbta

02-22-2008, 12:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
slakker Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Biocube Skimmer I'd like to get something that fits in the first chamber of the BioCube

02-22-2008, 12:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
slakker Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Biocube Skimmer I Have a BC14, don't think it'll fit...

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