New bubble magus skimmer

justinf67 · 02/11/2011, 04:01 PM

So, I found a pretty good deal on craigslist on a bubble magus nac6 for my 40 breeder. It is replacing an ancient oceanic skimmer. I had the old skimmer on a platform, and it did pull out some stuff, just not a lot....

I setup the bubble magus yesterday around 6pm. I played with the tube that adjusts the water level a bit. I had it too low. I adjusted it today in the am a bit to get the foam to rise up more. I still dont have any skimmate in the cup. I have it set at almost 3 on the left side. I see the bubbles sliding up the tube, but not into the cup yet. Should I slowly up the water level in it? I'm new at a decent skimmer, lol... Tank is a 40g, 2 clowns, YWG, and 3 peppermint shrimp. oh and some snails and coral... Also, I battled nitrates before, and added a mech filter(penguin 150) with polyfill, should I pull that now that I should have sufficient skimming capabilities? Thanks!

mscarpena · 02/11/2011, 04:03 PM

I would wait it out a few days. Sometime it just takes a few days to get skimmate to produce.

justinf67 · 02/11/2011, 05:35 PM

ok... I will. just dont want it to overflow, lol.... Should I pull the hob? I just got a koralia evo750 to go along with my current evo 1050... so it should more than make up for the flow loss of the penguin

The Punisher · 02/11/2011, 06:06 PM

I have an NAC7 and it will overflow at 3. It didn't the first few days I had it running but once it broke in it would overflow for sure. Not saying yours will, just giving you my experience.

justinf67 · 02/11/2011, 07:57 PM

thanks, I will keep a good eye on it for a few days

02/11/2011, 04:01 PM	#1
justinf67 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 249	New bubble magus skimmer So, I found a pretty good deal on craigslist on a bubble magus nac6 for my 40 breeder. It is replacing an ancient oceanic skimmer. I had the old skimmer on a platform, and it did pull out some stuff, just not a lot.... I setup the bubble magus yesterday around 6pm. I played with the tube that adjusts the water level a bit. I had it too low. I adjusted it today in the am a bit to get the foam to rise up more. I still dont have any skimmate in the cup. I have it set at almost 3 on the left side. I see the bubbles sliding up the tube, but not into the cup yet. Should I slowly up the water level in it? I'm new at a decent skimmer, lol... Tank is a 40g, 2 clowns, YWG, and 3 peppermint shrimp. oh and some snails and coral... Also, I battled nitrates before, and added a mech filter(penguin 150) with polyfill, should I pull that now that I should have sufficient skimming capabilities? Thanks! __________________ 75g-Reef Select Sand, 80 lbs Live Rock, Koralia 1050 Evo, Koralia 1400 Evo, 40g fuge w/chaeto, MAG7, Bubble Magus 6 Skim, BRS GFO... Stock: 2 BW Ocellaris, Coral Beauty, 2 Engineer Gobies, YWG, Midas Blenny 40G-42lbs Rock, 20g Fuge, Coralife SS125 Skimmer Stock: Diamond Goby, Firefish.

02/11/2011, 05:35 PM	#3
justinf67 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 249	ok... I will. just dont want it to overflow, lol.... Should I pull the hob? I just got a koralia evo750 to go along with my current evo 1050... so it should more than make up for the flow loss of the penguin __________________ 75g-Reef Select Sand, 80 lbs Live Rock, Koralia 1050 Evo, Koralia 1400 Evo, 40g fuge w/chaeto, MAG7, Bubble Magus 6 Skim, BRS GFO... Stock: 2 BW Ocellaris, Coral Beauty, 2 Engineer Gobies, YWG, Midas Blenny 40G-42lbs Rock, 20g Fuge, Coralife SS125 Skimmer Stock: Diamond Goby, Firefish.

02/11/2011, 06:06 PM	#4
The Punisher Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 1,398	I have an NAC7 and it will overflow at 3. It didn't the first few days I had it running but once it broke in it would overflow for sure. Not saying yours will, just giving you my experience. __________________ "I look for absolutes and there are absolutely none." 311

02/11/2011, 07:57 PM	#5
justinf67 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 249	thanks, I will keep a good eye on it for a few days __________________ 75g-Reef Select Sand, 80 lbs Live Rock, Koralia 1050 Evo, Koralia 1400 Evo, 40g fuge w/chaeto, MAG7, Bubble Magus 6 Skim, BRS GFO... Stock: 2 BW Ocellaris, Coral Beauty, 2 Engineer Gobies, YWG, Midas Blenny 40G-42lbs Rock, 20g Fuge, Coralife SS125 Skimmer Stock: Diamond Goby, Firefish.

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02/11/2011, 04:03 PM	#2
mscarpena Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 1,924	I would wait it out a few days. Sometime it just takes a few days to get skimmate to produce.