ATB XL External [White]

[kris4647]

My new ATB arrived today. First impressions are impressive both in size and planning. Victor/Anton basically plans these things down to the goodie bag you see below with hose clamps gasket lubricant etc. This is a 30" custom size btw.


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I also made Victor send me a 50mm Bulkhead and a length of 50mm piping to keep the outlet a little more clean looking. Wondering about the mesh Impellor though....I'm completely new to modding these things. Is it this plastic disc tie wrapped to the cord Victor?

More later for the big install, its gonne be reeeally cramped under my stand!

Thanks for all your help and patience Victor!

[Jim_S]

Dude, thats just AWESOME!

Great dog BTW. One of my buddies has a weimaraner. Fantastic!

[GSMguy]

SEX!!!!!!

[victor90]

Kris,

Yes the plate tied to the cord is your mesh plate . The needlewheel is already in the pump. For ours all you will do is twist the grey circle off the plate put on some mesh put the grey circle back on then cut the mesh to size.

[JRaquatics]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13322778#post13322778 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kris4647


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More later for the big install, its gonne be reeeally cramped under my stand!


UNDER THE STAND? That thing is a work of art and should be displayed next to the tank for all to see.:D

Nice skimmer. Money well spent IMO. What color is next Victor? Orange? Purple? Yellow jacket yellow?

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13325727#post13325727 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JRaquatics

Nice skimmer. Money well spent IMO. What color is next Victor? Orange? Purple? Yellow jacket yellow?

we all know whats next ;)


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[kris4647]

Well it's been a very challenging few months. Hurricane Ike killed my tank. Rare clown collection Gem tang et all. It's funny b4 we evacuated I placed my XL very carefully in the attic in case of the storm surge taking out the ground floor :/.

I was really considering quitting the hobby. I even posted my set up for sale not too long ago. After a bit of soul searching and encouragement from my wife I set this monster back up

What you see is around 16hrs of skimming. the tank was dirty but this was right after a 375 gallon water change, so not too dirty :). The skimmer performed just as I guessed it would, amazing. The conical design really puts the ATB up over the high end competition. The bubbles as they rise through the cone seem to keep their uniformity, producing a nice consistent foam head. A foam head which formed in around 15 minutes. The skimmer wasn't rinsed btw I never do that. The airstar is pulling right around 100 scfh with the needle wheel impellor [going to retest when I get the appropriate sized barb for my Dwyer].

I am goin to work on the cords you see in the last picture later I promise :). I just had neck surgery and I'm still pretty out of it.

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[JRaquatics]

Skimmer looks good. Sorry to here about your tank, but good to see that you are moving forward. Good luck man.

[Jim_S]

Sorry to hear about your losses. Thats a bummer.

Good luck on your system's rebirth! That ATB should keep your tank happy for years to come!

[Reefologist]

i love your Fedor avatar

[GSMguy]

Dude the clowns... thats got to hurt the worst, you can get a gem tang anytime really.

really really sorry about that, on a bright note that XL looks like its doing exactly what my small does but on a larger scale, Gotta love nog so thick you could spread it on toast. MMMMMM!

[kris4647]

Yeah I had this crazy idea to have a tank with multiple Leucokranos clowns. I had four and one theilli till Ike..oh well.

I'll be posting some Dwyer and Kill a watt pictures soon. Skimmer is still consistently skimming impressively.

[chippy70]

kris

bummer on the loss. Glad the misses motivated you to get the passion back.

I'll be a proud owner soon, just not as big