help with hob skimmer please!!!!!

turbo102 · 10/08/2009, 11:44 PM

Hi, i have a Reef Octopus BH 1000 Hang on Back Protein Skimmer by CoralVue and when i opened the box and set it up i was left with a big blue spounge that i have no idea what its used for

does anyone know what it is?

Also it didnt come with the air valve...do i need it to work properly?

Also is their any special way to tune it?

sry about the really stpuid questions but i cant find anything on it and my local fish store dosnt know anything about it please help

1st timer · 10/09/2009, 10:47 AM

i believe the sponge is meant to help keep your eyes on "goals" hehe
actually it is probably meant as a prefilter, but not sure as i don't own this skimmer. Just had to comment on the poster really

MSX-Rob · 10/09/2009, 11:19 AM

All I saw was Goals too...crazy.

turbo102 · 10/09/2009, 12:09 PM

I thought it was for a prefilter also but theirs no where it can connect to cus of the two holes in the middle...but mabey they sent it to actually keep my eyes on my "goals" lol

but seriosly does any body know why i have this and what its used for?

P.S. look to the left of goals and you will see somthing else in pic two that you guys missed

1st timer · 10/09/2009, 01:07 PM

didn't miss it actually just didn't want to overwhelm with the p*** word...hehe
here kitty kitty
do you have a pic of everything that was in box?

turbo102 · 10/09/2009, 08:59 PM

well this is a pic of it and it looks exacly like this to the tee except for the spounge

chat2BREWSKY · 10/19/2009, 11:26 AM

I've been trying to figure that one out myself. At first I thought it was for the return pipe to reduce micro bubbles, but it doesn't fit on it. And it doesn't make sense for that purpose. The diagram shows a bubble stoppper which I didn't find. Just that blue thingy.

turbo102 · 10/19/2009, 12:13 PM

i think the bubble stopper is the black spounge already in the skimmer to help reduce the micro bubbles...but still no luck on the blue thingy...even tried emailing reef octopus but they didnt respond to me

10/09/2009, 10:47 AM	#2
1st timer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 204	i believe the sponge is meant to help keep your eyes on "goals" hehe actually it is probably meant as a prefilter, but not sure as i don't own this skimmer. Just had to comment on the poster really

10/09/2009, 11:19 AM	#3
MSX-Rob Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: On Reef Central Posts: 110	All I saw was Goals too...crazy.

10/09/2009, 12:09 PM	#4
turbo102 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	I thought it was for a prefilter also but theirs no where it can connect to cus of the two holes in the middle...but mabey they sent it to actually keep my eyes on my "goals" lol but seriosly does any body know why i have this and what its used for? P.S. look to the left of goals and you will see somthing else in pic two that you guys missed

10/09/2009, 01:07 PM	#5
1st timer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 204	didn't miss it actually just didn't want to overwhelm with the p*** word...hehe here kitty kitty do you have a pic of everything that was in box?

10/19/2009, 11:26 AM	#7
chat2BREWSKY Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 19	I've been trying to figure that one out myself. At first I thought it was for the return pipe to reduce micro bubbles, but it doesn't fit on it. And it doesn't make sense for that purpose. The diagram shows a bubble stoppper which I didn't find. Just that blue thingy.

10/19/2009, 12:13 PM	#8
turbo102 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	i think the bubble stopper is the black spounge already in the skimmer to help reduce the micro bubbles...but still no luck on the blue thingy...even tried emailing reef octopus but they didnt respond to me