RedSea Max/ Euroreef Skimmer Page

[brucewrs]

Also can you add a drain plug for the skimmer cup? I would like to run a small hose from the skim cup to an empty gallon container.

[redseareef]

Bruce,
Yes, we can add a drain plug to the cup for you. It's extra but we can do it.
This skimmer will be priced at 199.00 We are working on it now. It's going to be about a week for the first model rolls out. They are all hand built. No crappy injection molded plastic here.
They are very heavy duty!

[redseareef]

Fasteddie,
You around or what? Hope you did not crash and burn coming down the hill............................

[redsea reefer]

Originally Posted by redseareef

Fasteddie,
You around or what? Hope you did not crash and burn coming down the hill............................

The only thing that burned was the roads i drove on up there, well the fireplace too...LOL

Hey todd, how's it going. I actually stayed in running springs at green valley lake. I said big bear cause when i say running springs people don't know where it is. I saw the rusty hammer hardware store you were talking about. Great place to go and relax. I have been going there for years.
I did install the euroreef today. I first used the foam on the bottom and adjusted so the top of the bubble column was at the bottom of the cup but as terry said, it would overflow with water in seconds. I then removed the foam and bubbles were coming out of the skimmer and alot of microbubbles in the main display. I left it like that for an hour or so and no change. I then adjusted it so the top of the bubble column was 3/4 of the way up to the cup and left it there, its been about 2 hours now and it looks like the micro bubbles are getting less. No skimmate as of hour 3 in operation. The skimmer is quiet and can hardly notice its on. I started to see some green bubbles breaking at the top of the bubble column at 3/4 the way up, so i lowered it so the bubbles break near or at the bottom of the cup and the bubbles came out of the skimmer and micro bubbles in tank. I can hear the bubbles come out of the skimmer, it sounds like the fizz when your pour a can of soda on ice. Is this normal? So back up to 3/4 from the bottom of the cup. I will leave it like that till tomorrow. I hope as it breaks in the micro bubbles disappear. I also talked to red sea about the faulty return pump before i left and they are sending me a new one. So i put my saltwater making power head in the tank till the new one arrives...So there we are, man i haven't wrote a post that long in a while...LOL...

[Reefmack]

Here's what I had this morning. It leveled off last night, so I just dropped it an inch to get more making it up to the cup. That's good - the lower I can get it the better. Great to see it breaking in more.



I agree on the Vortech - cleaning it did improve the flow.

[Reefmack]

redsea reefer - I guess you saw my post. Mine took 24 hours and as skimmate started getting produced the microbubbles decreased. I saw the same things that you are seeing.

[redseareef]

RedSea Reefer,
Ahh,ok. Yea, it's amazing. You drive up that windy road for a while and it's like you are in a whole different world! I love it up there.
Glad to hear you got the skimmer going. You know, I never used the foam. Thanks to you and Terry we are going to put in the instructions on that particular model to not use the foam block at first.
Better yet, I want to wait and see how you guys like it without, and if you ever use it at all!!!
Cannot wait to see some pics of what it pulls out............

[redseareef]

Terry,
Can you even lower yours anymore? It looks like it's right on your lighting hood! We can modify that cup if need be! Looks to be pulling out some nice skimmate so far. It only gets better!

[Reefmack]

redseareef - I was also wondering if I can lower it anymore. I'll have to see if I have enough room to move the hood forward any more. I'll let you know. I have pumped more gunk out since dropping it the extra inch.

[redseareef]

Terry,
IT's very time consuming with these nano skimmers. There is never really too much space to work with. So we have to be very careful. To optimum efficiency in these small spaces is ALWAYS a trade off.
Once we get each model down it gets a little better. Even after a model is completed we Robbert likes to test them.
Working with such limited spaces is much more difficult then a regular skimmer that sits in a large sump..

[Reefmack]

Yep - limited spaces is correct! I was able to move the hood up a bit and can now drop the skimmer more. I just dropped it another 1/2 inch and will check in an hour or two & see how it's doing. By the way, without the sump/fuge my topoff is considerably less - which makes sense.

[redseareef]

Robbert could square off one side of the cup for you if needed. You may however not need to go any lower. With mine, I am just a tad over 2 inches from top of the rear wall to thr top of the skimmer body.

[Reefmack]

I'll shoot for that 2 inches as a final goal!

[redsea reefer]

Originally Posted by Reefmack

redsea reefer - I guess you saw my post. Mine took 24 hours and as skimmate started getting produced the microbubbles decreased. I saw the same things that you are seeing.

Hi terry, how's it going. Are you using the foam block now and has your bubbles decreased anymore?

[redsea reefer]

Originally Posted by redseareef

RedSea Reefer,
Ahh,ok. Yea, it's amazing. You drive up that windy road for a while and it's like you are in a whole different world! I love it up there.
Glad to hear you got the skimmer going. You know, I never used the foam. Thanks to you and Terry we are going to put in the instructions on that particular model to not use the foam block at first.
Better yet, I want to wait and see how you guys like it without, and if you ever use it at all!!!
Cannot wait to see some pics of what it pulls out............

Hi Todd, As soon as i see some skimmate, i will post here...I left the skimmer at 3/4 of the way up to the cup last night and without the foam, so i will see whats going on when i get home.