Captain Squid
10/30/2010, 07:58 PM
Today I was at ThatFishPlace in lancaster PA to get a new set of lights.
They had an ASM G4 on clearance for 165.00! Now I see it on sale other places for 450 so I could NOT pass it up. I have a D&D skimmer which works, but for another 65 I can have an ASM....so my impulse got the best of me ;)
So setup seemed pretty easy, in face I guess they assume that we are not ALL idiots :wavehand: and they dont include instructions for proper adjustment other than intial startup bringing overflow tube level with bottom of cup.
So after that I adjusted it to where the foam was breaking at the low end of the cup.
Ive got micro bubbles. There is a foam sleeve over the output tube, Ive got the water falling down that, but still getting a lot of bubbles.
Anyone with experience with this skimmer I would appreciate any insight. Nothing skimming yet after 4 hours. I know it USUALLY takes a couple days but Ive read people in the past saying thier ASM started skimming within a couple hours, but who knows how dirty their tanks are lol
TIA
They had an ASM G4 on clearance for 165.00! Now I see it on sale other places for 450 so I could NOT pass it up. I have a D&D skimmer which works, but for another 65 I can have an ASM....so my impulse got the best of me ;)
So setup seemed pretty easy, in face I guess they assume that we are not ALL idiots :wavehand: and they dont include instructions for proper adjustment other than intial startup bringing overflow tube level with bottom of cup.
So after that I adjusted it to where the foam was breaking at the low end of the cup.
Ive got micro bubbles. There is a foam sleeve over the output tube, Ive got the water falling down that, but still getting a lot of bubbles.
Anyone with experience with this skimmer I would appreciate any insight. Nothing skimming yet after 4 hours. I know it USUALLY takes a couple days but Ive read people in the past saying thier ASM started skimming within a couple hours, but who knows how dirty their tanks are lol
TIA