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05/29/2010, 03:31 AM | #1 |
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Protein skimmer maintenance question.
I have a reef octo extreme 160 and I love it but I am having problems with the venturi clogging. The skimmer has a sicce 2500 pump with no mods. I have take the venturi off every few weeks and poke out the salt creep or else it overflows the cup. Is this normal? My cup runs to a drain so at some random time (after a week or as long as 2 months) it will pump 3-4 gallons of water out of the sump. I am going to put in a controller with floats to turn off the skimmer if the water level drops but I wish I could solve the venturi issue. I have read that some put hot ro/di water in the air intake. Does this work? How often? Any info would be great!
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05/29/2010, 03:48 AM | #2 |
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Where is the skimmer sitting? is it under a stand? Try getting it some fresh air. Sometimes the salty moist air under a stand can cause the venturi to clog early. I actually had to mount a small inlet fan in the back of my stand so it could breath underneath.
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05/29/2010, 07:19 AM | #3 |
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I pull my air hose off the silencer and let it suck up some warm water from a cup. I normally do this once a week. Let it pull in a little at a time and watch the level in your skimmer while doing this or you will flood your skimmer cup. Easy and simple way to keep your venturi clean
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05/29/2010, 10:12 AM | #4 |
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me too...warm cup of water when the cup is dumped and cleaned in both tanks.
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05/29/2010, 05:38 PM | #5 |
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Protein skimmer maintenance question.
Thanks for the info!
Question... Does anyone turn their skimmer off for say an hour or two once a week to redisolve the salt? Would that work if I put it on a timer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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