Fission Nano-Protein Skimmer locally?

[MissT]

just dial down the valve until the foam is just below the collection cup.

[coraline79]

rio nano skimmer is the one Aquaruim Design has them in stock. I have one and it rocks. If you want the oceanic on, they have it as well for 34.99 the rio is 39.99.

[bronck83]

Hmm...its been over 24 hours & I can't figure this thing out. My tank has been running only for about 2 weeks now...its a Biocube 14 with 10lbs live sand, 15-20 lbs live rock, 2 damsels. Either I see nothing at all in the catch-cup or if I crank up the air a little it fills with clean water from the bubble mist within a few hours. Will a new tank that is still cycling do this to a protein skimmer?

[tony]

i have no experience with that particular one but it takes most skimmers quite a few days to break in and actually pull skimmate

[coraline79]

be sure and clean it well, and if it has a venturi run water through it. also let it skim a few cups of water. also if it is a venturi style, make sure you add some sort of fine tuning(airvalve-.99)

[erikharrison]

Also, set it very low. It may take till overnight till you see some skimmate, possibly longer depending on bioload. It's been two days since I set my Euro Reef to a drier setting and I have 1/2" of skimmate in the cup.

[bronck83]

It has a airvalve already for fine tuning, that's what I've been adjusting. I guess I'll give it a few more days.

[MissT]

yeah, leave it set to where the bubbles are popping into the collection cup, but not to where it's filling it that rapidly. as said above, skimmers have a break in period -a few days is a good rule of thumb- and then you'll see good results. Also, a lot of skimmers take almost a day or so after being shut off for a period of time to "re-prime" for lack of a better word.