Fit with skimmer

SassyAngel111 · 05/06/2015, 08:56 PM

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I hope someone can help me with my skimmer, I have the Eshopps S120 skimmer and their refugium R-100.

The problem I am having is that I can't get it dialed in correctly. The water level where I have the skimmer is about 9 1/2 inches as you can tell by the picture I have a nice coating on the neck, but if I dial it so that the bubbles are at the top of the neck and when I have to top off then the skimmer cup starts to overflow. I had also tried raising the skimmer by setting a flat glass candle holder under the skimmer and then I can not get the bubbles to even reach the middle of the neck even when I have it set the way it is in the picture.

thank you guys for any help or suggestions that you can offer.

Jade5051 · 05/06/2015, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SassyAngel111

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I hope someone can help me with my skimmer, I have the Eshopps S120 skimmer and their refugium R-100.

The problem I am having is that I can't get it dialed in correctly. The water level where I have the skimmer is about 9 1/2 inches as you can tell by the picture I have a nice coating on the neck, but if I dial it so that the bubbles are at the top of the neck and when I have to top off then the skimmer cup starts to overflow. I had also tried raising the skimmer by setting a flat glass candle holder under the skimmer and then I can not get the bubbles to even reach the middle of the neck even when I have it set the way it is in the picture.

thank you guys for any help or suggestions that you can offer.

I thought these skimmers performed best in 8 inches of water. My RS75 baffle is set at 8 inches which I believe is the standard for all eshopps skimmers and sump systems. Try getting the water level closer to 8 inches and go from there.

One quick question. I've always wanted to buy one of these for my 75g but I hesitate because I had a S-150 that was louder than I liked. Would you say this skimmer is damn near silent? My S-150 had a noticeable hum to it and the air silencer wasn't effective at all. I've always wondered how loud these little S-120 skimmers are?

SassyAngel111 · 05/06/2015, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jade5051

I thought these skimmers performed best in 8 inches of water. My RS75 baffle is set at 8 inches which I believe is the standard for all eshopps skimmers and sump systems. Try getting the water level closer to 8 inches and go from there.

One quick question. I've always wanted to buy one of these for my 75g but I hesitate because I had a S-150 that was louder than I liked. Would you say this skimmer is damn near silent? My S-150 had a noticeable hum to it and the air silencer wasn't effective at all. I've always wondered how loud these little S-120 skimmers are?

Yes I would say very silent.

When I measured the water in the first section it measures about 9 1/2 to 10 inches, the instructions says thewater level should be 8 to 10 inches in the sump