Quote Originally Posted by Sherri
The Aqua C EV180 needs 420 gph - we bought the PanWorld 40PX Ext Water Pump which is 480 gph. Seems to be doing awesome. We are waiting at least a 2-3 week period to see a difference in the microbubbles as it states in the paperwork we got with the EV180 that it will take that long. Be patient - that may be your only prob - let it cycle... ???

The AquaC skimmers produce very well and need way less pump to operate properly than the beckett skimmers.
I had an AquaC EV90 which was the version prior to the EV120 and EV180 and it would pull a full collection cup every 1-2 days in our old aggressive FOWLR. I really miss that AquaC and this MR2 seems to need a little more fiddling while the AquaC was set and forget.
I believe Sherri's bubbles will calm down on their own with the spray injected AquaC as I had a very similar problem with a new EV90.
I bought my MR2 used so I can't say whether the skimmer break-in will have any effect or not.
If I take out the sponges from my bulkheads with the beckett skimmer though, I get the microbubble cloud in the display. I do have a very small sump for this skimmer (roughly 12G water displacement in skimmer compartment) so I could potentially be creating the problem.
I am hoping a much larger sump that Dan will be building for us will control the bubbles once I hang the Barracuda in the new system.

C.