DS ... foaming

[::pete::]

After I finish the sump and seperate fuge this week I will hook it all up.

http://home.carolina.rr.com/offthereef/images/ds.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/offthereef/images/dstry.JPG

[matt]

Incredibly cool looking skimmer. How tall, what size tube, what type of injector, etc?

[::pete::]

Its approx: 30" tall The box is like 8"x9", 6" tube to 4" to 6" cup. Injectors are 1/2" hose barb clovered with a 3" extension.

[matt]

So it's an "aquaP". Pete, want to do an experiment? Try running it with both a non-pressure pump (like a mag) and an iwaki or similar pressure rated pump. Hook it up, feed heavily, and watch what happens to the water level. If it drops and the foam disappears with the mag but not the iwaki, that's a pump issue. If it does it with both pumps, that means there's something about the aquaC injector design that makes it react differently to organic load than most high performance skimmers. I'd be interested in this, if you have access to both kinds of pumps.

BTW, do you have an air adjustment on that, or is there pretty much a free flow of air into the injector. And, if you have a problem with bubbles exiting the skimmer, let me know, there might be something to deal with that. I only mention these things because they're issues with aquaC EV skimmers. Good work!

[::pete::]

I will have access by next week to both pumps. Air adjustment is the blue MPT air valve (looks black) in the second pic.