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Posted: March 12 2010 at 11:47pm |
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I have a problem, I am a skimmerholic. I love to play with skimmers. I have made a couple, modded several, and would like to do some more. If you are unimpressed with the way your skimmer is performing, maybe we could help each other out. I'm willing to work on your skimmer for a few bucks, or frags, trades, whatever.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 5:01am |
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i have one for you....turned rio 600 into a skimmer pump whith skimmer wheel
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 6:13pm |
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My most recent is an ASMG1x. I used the stock sedra3500 pump and tripled its airpull. As soon as I finish it's latest upgrade I will put pics up, hopefully no later than tomorrow.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 7:16pm |
anything to make a g-3 better?
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 7:21pm |
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I would love to see how you made the Sedra3500 pull more air. I'm getting a very wet skimmate and I think it's just not able to pull enough air for the amount of water it's pulling in.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 7:26pm |
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I am pretty sure all the asm's are about the same, just different sized pumps and bodies. I checked air with a dwyer meter throughout, the sedra stock pulled 7scfh, it now does 20-21 on the skimmer.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 7:49pm |
Come on down!!! I'll pay you to upgrade mine. Pm me
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 7:55pm |
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JEFF, Mesh Mod,
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 8:02pm |
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It was more than a mesh mod.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 8:38pm |
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This I gotta see. I have the same pump and skimmer.
Edited by sterling18 - March 16 2010 at 8:39pm
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 8:44pm |
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Circ Mod
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 8:49pm |
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No Eric, haven't tried that one yet. How would that get you any more air? Unless you put a venturi on your feed pump?
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Posted: March 17 2010 at 11:46pm |
So far so good, this is 10 minutes after startup in a tank of waterchange water, no skimmate added. Air is at around 17scfh and turbulence is very much less. Please ignore the yard sale sticker, lol.
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Posted: March 17 2010 at 11:53pm |
I'll take that off your hands for $15 
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 10:55am |
I would love my G3 to skim like that... too bad i'm in st. george. Fishoutawater its gunna be 75 degrees here today take a vacation come work on my skimmer 
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 11:21am |
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Yes I get the mods tomorrow! My g-3 doesn't do anyway near that
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 11:39am |
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Mine has the gate valve, mesh mod, and i honed out the venturi and it skims a TON better but not as good as the pic above
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 12:17pm |
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the Circ mod ads another pump so you get double the Air as well as the mods done to them, Works like a champ
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 10:23pm |
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That might be fun to do a recirc one day, but it would have to be on a much bigger skimmer. The pump I have now pulls more air than the neck can really handle.
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 10:26pm |
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