EuroReef Club

[Lunchbucket]

it is at the same height as the bottom pump connection but angles back and towards the pump

the outlet is less the 45degrees away from the pump and the ballvalve is on the outlet pipe. the pump has the inlet (bottom) and outlet (top). they are seperate the pump and outlet or drain pipe

Lunchbucket

[rivdog]

did u install the ball valve or is tth


did you install the ball valve or is thst the way it came. why not a gate ?

[DerekW]

I believe it is a gate valve, it just has a handle that looks like a ball valve

[Lunchbucket]

the ballvalve has to be on there it is a double union ball valve. Euro-Reef had decided to go w/ ball valves i believe. they are a nice ball valve but i'm not sure if i like them or not. we will see how easy it is to adjust the skimmate

derek - nope it's a ball valve

after 8-10hrs of running when i got up there was a nice brown layer of foam and a nice ring about 3" right below the union. water was WAY too low so i raised it up some and i'll have to wait for the upper part of the riser to break in an dsee what i get for skimmate

Lunchbucket

[DerekW]

Weird, being as their updateing the line, I wouldn't think they'd take a step back and use a gate valve. It seems fine tuning is a big deal now with skimmers.

[Lunchbucket]

Derek - no sure why they decided to go w/ the ballvalve. i believe size might have played a role in the choice but i'm not sure.

i'll see how mine performs. right now it is been ok to adjust but i still breaking it in. the gate valve was easier though.

Lunchbucket

[Zoom]

The Gate valve ER using now is super smooth they use a similar valve on the Deltec skimmers.
You will not have any problem adjusting the water level in any new ER skimmer.

[Lunchbucket]

Zoom - mine has a BALL valve and NOT a gate valve. have you used the ball valve

Lunchbucket

[Zoom]

Originally posted by Lunchbucket
Zoom - mine has a BALL valve and NOT a gate valve. have you used the ball valve

Lunchbucket

Sorry I ment to said Ball valve. is the same one i have on my Deltec.

[Lunchbucket]

LOL - that is the same style you have on yoru deltec?? got a pic?

how easy is yours to turn? i'm thinking i need to lube mine up a little

Lunchbucket

[Zoom]

Here. It is very easy to turn i have to be careful with my three year old granddaughter she like to turn it almost flood the Living Room once.

[Lunchbucket]

hmm...mine is hard to turn...guess i should lube it up w/ some silicone grease for o-rings??

wondery why mine is so hard to turn?

Lunchbucket

[Zoom]

You can loosing some of the top and bottom part of the valve assembly that will make the valve easy to turn.

[Lunchbucket]

do you mean the union parts? loosen those? or soem other part?

thanks!
Lunchbucket

[greenlm]

My Euro-Reef 6-2+ w/ sp5000 (belongs to my 58g oceanic RR)

[euroreef]

Lunch,

The handle of the valve is a tool to loosen the ball so it turns easier. Silicone lube will make it super easy to turn.

-ER

[Lunchbucket]

ahh thanks euro reef!! i'll try that now. guess that is what zoom was talking about.

off to check it out

Lunchbucket

[Lunchbucket]

for those of you clueless about what is being talked about..which i was clueless too. here are pics

this is the ballvalve w/ the unions removed. see those squares on the ballvalve guts? take the handle off and put it in the holes. turn counter clockwise to loosen it a little and loosen the turning strength!! VERY COOL! and takes up WAY less room than a gatevalve





thanks Zoom and euroreef. i didn't understand till i took mine apart

Lunchbucket

[crab0000]

Nice gloves

[Lunchbucket]

LOL!! you likey?? i ALWAYS wear gloves when messing w/ the tank. i don't want to get an infection or anything...i'm on immune suppressents and i don't want to give my tank anything on my hands

Lunchbucket

[rivdog]

thats a nice gadget

[Lunchbucket]

very cool gadget IMO

Lunchbucket

[RobChuck]

CS-250 update time!!!

My CS-250 has been up and running and skimming strong for 5 days now, so I though I'd let you all know how things are going.

I am very satisfied with the performance of this skimmer and I happy that I took the gamble to come back to the ER club! Like Jeremy stated in the RC-1000 thread in the PA forum, I don't think I've ever seen skimmate this dark before. Plus, my entire room reeks of rotten sea gunk...so I think I'm going to have to come up with a carbon-filtration rig or something to help manage the stench.

I've always performed weekly 10% water changes on this tank and have adequately skimmed from day 1, making it almost surprising that I've pulled as much nasty skimmate as what has been collected.

Other than the manufacturing glitch that I wrote about earlier, the build of this skimmer seems very solid, and the new & improved SP5 pump seems well matched to the 8"x30" body. The air intake valve is a nice feature and choking it off very slightly is (I believe) a big reason why I've been able to pull such nasty skimmate.

These pics were taken this evening (after 5 days worth of skimming). I didn't get much skimmate the first day or two while I was getting the water level set, but now, this beast is pulling vile gunk out at a very quick and consistent rate.

[Lunchbucket]

YUCK!!! home mine starts pulling hard. i need to not clean my cup and need to quit messing w/ mine oh and i should prolly lower the water a touch but i'm gonna wait a few days

anyones skimmer die after feeding some foods? mine does due to the oils breaking surface tension i know...but how long before yours starts skimming again??

Lunchbucket

[Jim_S]

Rob, glad to see that badboy in its full glory.

Lunch, mine only dies when I add selcon, flake food and salmon. It comes back on line about ten minutes later. Longer with the selcon though. Honestly, I don't use the selcon or any other of these foods (besides salmon for my grouper) very often because of this.

Jim