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10/14/2006, 07:44 AM | #151 |
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1 I think the wing nut is to adjust the water level in the skimmer. loosen it move the Tee up or down and tighten it. never hread that its just a guess.
2. Its acrylic and yes acrylic is ozone safe. 3. Really I would not worry about the elbow. it is a weak point, but like mentioned before just don't pick it up form the output should last 20 years IMO. As far as crazing from vibration on a skimmer that almost impossible. Their are a number of skimmers that used this same acrylic output set up for many years with no such crazing. An overflow box would have a lot more stress, pressure, movement... on it than a skimmer output. Not to mention how UV light = causing crazing... Im not sure what the mateiral is on the asm is. My point was that ASM is not acrylic, cell cast or exturded. 4 1/2" clear pvc is very thick about 1/4", picture it 1/16" that closer in color... to the ASM material.
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Hey Roland,
I'm very familiar about the discussion over NW vs. Becketts. I was a huge proponent of becketts back in the day, but within the last couple of years, I've really veered toward the NW due to new information and technological advances in the NW camp. Dwell time and contact time are gray areas, but I've formed my opinions on it and unless new research or information comes out, it won't be changing anytime soon. I really wonder how well the Mesh wheel would hold up in a large skimmer pump such as a dart. Peace, John |
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Maybe Zephert well chime in. he seems to have a real good thought on the dwell time... issue. maybe if I use the magic words " Bar Aquatic Skimmers " and the words "stinks, sucks bad, trash" in the same sentence he well show up. I to agree with you, i am a NW over Beckett person, for the same reasons you state and a few more. But if performance changes i to can change my mind on that. i think this skimmer is kind of the best of both worlds. the thread i was refering to was for the last 2 pages talking aboutthe Escobal infomation ? it is preety good, ill try to find you the link
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How do you determine they perform the same??? Here the thread look where zephert comes in NW vs Beckett http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...52#post8305752
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The skimmers were run three days at time used the same tank and the waste was measured each time this test was run for 3 weeks .There was little different in the amount from each skimmer.The bubble cleaning system was turn off on the beckett as running it would give the beckett a unfair advantage over the BK.
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It would be good if you could compare skimmate volume with the water evaporated. IMO it way hard if not impossable to compare those different skimmers with a side by side on the same tank at the same time. NW with an NW side by side in the same sump at the same time sure. but i dont no how you compare beckett with nw on a live system side by side at the same time, going by skimmate. how would you plumb them and not give a advantage to one over the other they both work in such different ways. i think the way to compare them would be each on thier own identical system. then weight your dry skimmate over time. most of the time you run both on one system the beckett pulls more than twice the skimmate as nw but the nw is darker and smellier. this is better posted in that other thread. Mike, have you started your thread on this pump yet?
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Each skimmer was tested by it self for three days at a time and the food for the tank was the same for each test and skimmate was dark for the two skimmers. You see Roland NW Becketts are not as far a part as you would think.Have a good day.
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I never said becketts were old and lost its lustre.
I am tired of the electric bill,noise, and my fans running all the time because my tank is 83-4 degrees with a iwaki 70 rlt on it. I lost 4 degrees since i turned my iwaki off. Other than that i loved my mrc skimmer.
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Creetin one of things that i work on was to show that a large pump like the iwaki 70 pump was not need to make a beckett work well .On my own skimmer which is 36 in tall has a 8 in dia riser and a 12 in dia collection cup is that it could be 5 in lower with out hurting the out put of the skimmer And that just one beckett can run a large skimmer with room to spare.
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what's the footprint of the 200 and the 250...?
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10/14/2006, 08:33 PM | #164 |
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Roland, Here is a link to the new threadwheel skimmer!http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=950690
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Per ReefGeek: ATI Bubble Master 150 Protein Skimmer ~ $359 (Up to 100 Gallons) - Approximately: 7" x 7" x 18" ATI Bubble Master 200 Protein Skimmer ~ $459 (Up to 250 Gallons) - Approximately: 14" x 11" x 19" ATI Bubble Master 250 Protein Skimmer ~ $699 (Up to 500 Gallons) - Approximately: 15" x 12" x 22" |
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Not sure if someone already posted this link or not but there is a pretty good discussion about the ATI skimmers at zeovit.com.
Around page 10 Oliver Pritzel (owerner?/president? of ATI) answers questions about the pumps used for the north american market. http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6552 |
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ATI Bubble Master 250 Protein Skimmer ~ $699 (Up to 500 per reef Geek 780 Gallons Per ATI) - Approximately (closer): 15" x 9 1/2" x 20 1/2" on singel pump unit new twin pump??? heres the same link from page ""1"". Anybody got any New links? Quote:
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The new Bubblemaster come to the US with 2 pumps with a powerconsumption of 27-30W each. As far as I know will the water outlet specially for the US (120V/60Hz) -market adjustable by a "tube in tube"-System. You can lift or lower the wateroutlet for your needs. This is an adavantage, if your are using a one-chamber sump. The waterlevel in the bubblemaster is independent from waterlevel in the sump! These are my latest informations directly from Oliver Pritzel. I hope, this will help you, while you are waiting for the BM |
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You never answered my pm, so I don't know why I should answer your question now, but there might be others who are wondering, so here's the most accurate dimensions of the footprints of all three skimmers according to Greg at RG.... ATI Bubble Master 150 Protein Skimmer - Dimensions: 7.5" x 6.4" x 20.5" ATI Bubble Master 200 Protein Skimmer - Dimensions: 13.8" x 8.6" x 18.9" ATI Bubble Master 250 Protein Skimmer - Dimensions: 15.0" x 9.5" x 21.7" OH AND BTW... Before anyone asks a question, please review the entire thread first, more often than not, your question will have already been answered. This should be policy for all threads, because this very question about footprints was answered on the bottom of page 5. Thanks. |
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Thank you Vollekanne, I would like to have one but nobody has given me exact dimensions on the 250. Everybody has said, that they think it will be this or that. Do you know exactly what they will be on the 250?
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Hello Keith,
I found this on the website ofr ATI: "Q: Which size does the Bubblemaster 250 have? A: The actual sizes of the Bubblemaster 250 are: baseplate: 38 x 24cm Height: 53cm Waterlevel: 20 - 25cm Handling height: 57cm All other statements of ATI in other forums says the same. Please don`t force me to translate it into inch. It is hard enough to translate it in English The base has not changed since the first bubblemaster, but the height. When the height above is not correct, its lower, because ATI changed the height to take care of the handling height in smaller sumps. I will try to collect more infos tomorrow. |
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Baseplate 15 x 9.4
Height 20.9 Waterlevel 7.9 - 9.8 in inches or course. Thanks Vollekanne |
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ha ha, thanks for translating, time to adopt metric system in the US already.
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