Berlin Skimmer Help

[krikor]

Hi everyone, i just got a used berlin skimmer and i have no idea what size pump to use it on and if i can make it a HOB or do i have to put it inside a sump?

If anyone has any tips or pictures that could help me out

that would be really great

thanks alot

Krikor

[krikor]

*bump* anyone have this skimmer? does anyone know how its set up?

[killereef]

One of my cousin has that skimmer. Berlin recommend 300 gph, but had better success with a mag 7 or a rio 2500

[Goodwood]

I had one for a long time with a mag 12 and it was very impressive. With a small pump they are worthless but with a big pump they kick butt. But, mag 12 = 110 watts which is why I switched over to a needlewheel skimmer =18 watts. Never tried HOB always ran it in the sump. Hope that helps some

[krikor]

wow thats a huge differnce in power... i got the skimmer itself for free but it didnt have a pump on it... the guy i got it from seemed to have every part im just not sure how it works all together.

right not im running a remora on my 46. i dont plan on running this yet but knowing how it works would be great. ha ha.

[Lcattin]

Here's a link to the users manual. Hope this helps.



http://www.customaquatic.com/customaquatic/manuels/berlin.pdf (http://)

[chucksta1]

The berlin has it's own pump, but the needle wheel is fairly common. If you feel like it, there's an upgrade available direct from red sea.