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Posted: November 30 2007 at 10:43pm |
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does any one know how this is done and can you mod any skimmer
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out with the large and in with the nano
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 10:51pm |
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Jonh, stop by, I modded mine three weeks ago, I can show you how easy it is.
my orp on my tank is now staying at 380-390 the ozone turned off at 220, this really works well.
before I modded this skimmer(a baby asm) the best that I could do orp wise was a 200-220 with the ozone running.
If i run the skimmer wet it fills every three days, if I run it on the dry side it is filling 1/4 to 1/2 full per week, with this dark nasty gunk that stinks, the corals are doing great.
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 10:57pm |
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so i can do it to my exclaiber skimmer
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out with the large and in with the nano
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 11:04pm |
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yes, the safest way would be to have a extra impeller for it, but for mine I modded a different pump( that I had a extra impeller for, just in case) made a venturi for it and let it rip, thing is it is working so well that I am using the old pump for water circulation in the sump now.
you do not need much of the mesh at all to do the mod, I was only able to get one layer in the pump, they are using two layers on reef central.
I cut most of the fins off of the impeller, and used the remaining fins to super glue the mesh to, way easy.
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 11:36pm |
I did the mesh mode to my coralife 220 and it made a monster difference. the best mod I have done so far to my ASM is to add a drain and a drain hose. sure beats having to take the collection off every day or two
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 11:38pm |
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I would add a drain to mine if I could find a easy way to keep the neck clean, I need to pull it to clean the neck, I'd might as well drain it too.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 12:35am |
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i did the mesh mod on my euroreef. works AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I have to clean it every 2-3 days b/c of the 1/4inch thich gunk that accumulates on the neck of it
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 2:43pm |
I still haven't done mine  , but I'll get to it sometime soon.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 4:57pm |
Here are a couple of pics of the mod that I did to my needle wheel. My motor had two rows of needle wheels. I took the first row off and left the second. I didn't break any of the pins off. I used 8lb fishing line to secure the enkamat to the needlewheel and then trimmed off the edges so they were flush with the needle wheel. The thing works like a champ. I have close to doubled the skimate I was pulling out with the skimmer before the mod. I also have enough enkamat for a couple more mods if anyone is interested, just shoot me a PM.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 5:06pm |
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 5:33pm |
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I did mine very similar but with 1/2 of the impeller cut off, I agree, it works great
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 6:08pm |
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Just letting ppl know about the mesh mod. Do not mod it unless you have a kilowatt where you can measure how much electricity it is pulling. there is alot of talk on reef central that ppl had modded there skimmers and after 6 months after the mod there pumps are burning out.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 6:15pm |
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with what type of pumps bry guy??? do you know? i did mine with a sedra
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 6:56pm |
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I cant seem to find the thread anymore but I belive it was on the sedra pumps. I also modded my skimmer nothing yet but Its going on 2 months now. Aslong as your not over driving the pump with the mesh wheel it should be fine I was told.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 7:29pm |
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I read on RC that some people are having problems with the mesh mod plugging up. I was planning on doing it to a smaller custom skimmer I am building but was a little worried about that. Anyone here have any problems with the mesh or has it all been good results?
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 8:34pm |
 Bryguy514 wrote:
As long as your not over driving the pump with the mesh wheel it should be fine I was told. |
How do you overdrive a pump? The only way I can think of doing
that is to increase the voltage, that would probably fry a pump quick.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 9:06pm |
By modifying the needlewheel you can overdrive the pump. If its rubbing against the walls of the pump or the modified wheel is to heavy I guess. But there has been a discussion about this on RC. They advise doing no mods to your skimmer unless you have a Kilo watt meter and a air meter. I read somewhere that someone modded the needlwheel and there pump was drawing 25w more then it was rated for.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 11:23pm |
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that may have been the group that was creating the double layers? I used a heaver pump than the original, but that is good to know, I will get my amp meter out and check the amp draw.
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 11:29pm |
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bryan will you be around tomorow i need to pick your mind on this moding stuff
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Posted: December 01 2007 at 11:32pm |
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I should be home after 2 or so.
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