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I am having trouble with my dc 150 pump. It's kicking a sound in every or 2 seconds. It's much like start and stop in every second and pump is surging. I tried to take it from skimmer body and completely disamble it. No cracking on impeller teeth or scratches on impeller. I tried it working alone without skimmer body. No luck. Any advice? I also tried to take a video but cant hear this sound in video.
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Follow the cleaning instructions in this thread and be sure to clean the bearing as per post #2. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2573406
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It's running in 9 inches depth but it tried it in lower inches also without skimmer body, same results. I think it's not making start and stop just making crackling noise. I cleaned it 8 months ago, but when I checked tonight the pump was clean enough. Skimmer is 3 or 4 years old.
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Take a look at this thread and also read my edited post above because I revised my post at the same time you replied. A complete break down of the pump for proper cleaning is critical. If when you tested the pump, you still had the airline connected, you may need to open the nozzle up more too as I noted in my edited comment above. Again, take a look at this thread. Post 1 and 2 apply.. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2573406
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11/14/2018, 07:12 PM | #481 |
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Running a BK DC150 on a Red Sea Reefer 250 with a Triton34 sump. This is a used skimmer so broke in before I got it obviously. With that being said I ran it for 3 full days in the sump without the skimme cup on.
Now that I have the cup on, regardless of what setting I choose it just fills the cup, so I removed the plug so it just falls back into the sump. Ruining in 7.5” of water with the tube full open, I’ve done 1 turn, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and it’s just overflowing regardless. Open to suggestions.
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11/14/2018, 08:39 PM | #483 |
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That did it. Kept at 4 turns and raised it 1/2” and bingo. Once the tank has evaporated a little water I can use the built in water level control in the sump and remove the egg crate.
Thank you sir!
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12/07/2018, 06:24 AM | #485 |
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I have 350-370 Litres net water volume including sump. 6 months old tank BK Double Cone 200 with fix speed motor, bought brand new 6 months ago. 2 XL tang, 2 S size Tang, 4 Chromis, 2 Fire Goby, 2 Clown, 1 Tuxedo Urchin, 20-30 Trochus Snails (3 mature rest of them S size) 1 sand sifting sea star, 1 Six line,3 Yellow wrasse Mainly LPS acans and 2 monti cap, Some small acro colony and frags of digitata etc. NO3:25 Salifert, PO4: was 0 but now I am adding 2ml Seachem Phosphourus to let corals consume and keep PO4: In range of 0,04-0,02 and help to reduce NO3. I started adding Vinegar 2 weeks ago Anyway I see my skimmer is not working effective as before and thought this can be the reason of high NO3 .Did good cleaning 5 days ago but still not perfectly dialed in.I am running it normaly 25cm water level,water exit setting is mostly close to full open and 2 turns open venturi but bubbles reach top of collection cup and skimmer overflowing in 6-8 hours which is changing my salinity due to the ATO also. Biggest problem is reaction of skimmer is changing it is not always overflowing in 6-8 hours (Mostly do) but when I add food or coral additives I see bubble even go below the neck and no skimming happening. So it is very difficult to make a baseline if I take the baseline to set I did clean according to forum. Now I decrease the water level to 20-21cm by putting things under skimmer. Close the venturi completely and Open the Water level Tube setting complete (so max water out from skimmer body) bubbles coem to almost neck however no foaming, and when I add food bubble are below the neck (I am sure if I make setting when bubbles below the neck and later it will overflow) I am lost help |
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12/07/2018, 10:43 AM | #487 |
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Thanks for answer
I am Ok With wet skimming and less skimmates but it any condition when I found the good spot of setting i should have good foam not wet bubble in collection cup ? Is that correct? I mean white foam but no DOC ? If I understand correct then I can work in this as baseline Another question is about nozzle it is completely screwed in now means least air in skimmer if I unscrew collection cup has more wet bubbles and can overflow.. this was always the case to reduce the height of bubbles I was always screwing in , is this normal According to your answer I understand feeding time is not a good reference to make some settings on skimmer I should wait effect of feeding in skimmer gone and then do settings? Also last question is about cleaning BK CONE 200 I was using teeth brush to swipe collection cup inside and out. I was not sure what part was called neck, but I see it is the inside of the collection cup. Should I continue this as well without touching it with my finger I know the effect of fats etc. what about the body of the skimmer, I should not touch it till I do complete cleaning in 3-4 months depending on conditions of dutrients of course? Sorry for taking time with basics of skimming however I really search and read a lot about this but still in this level Tapatalk kullanarak iPhone aracılığıyla gönderildi |
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With the nozzle completely screwed in is less air & more water. Open is more air air & less water. You need to play with That adjustment to find the sweet spot. I recommend using gloves so the oil’s in your skin don’t impact the skimmer when you make adjustments. That way you can see the difference it makes it quicker. Make small adjustments on the nozzle and take notes if you need to. When you feed it is going to impact the skimmer so don’t make adjustments around feeding time. You can take a couple hours for things to settle back down after feeding. I would recommend cleaning your collection cup every two weeks. You can just take the entire cup off and clean it off in the sink. It will take a day or so for things to go back to normal after cleaning the collection cup.
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12/13/2018, 10:44 AM | #489 |
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Condensation in the collection cup
Hi I have SM 200 been running for almost 24 hours and today in the morning I couldn’t see inside the collection cup there is a lot of condensation inside never seen this before I think I am doing something wrong, thanks for your help.
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Also, if your tank is new and you don't have a decent fish load, don't expect much skimmate. You need dissolved organics to generate good consistent dark skimmate.
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Thanks Sylef i lower it to 32 will leave there see what happens and also adjusted bubble heigh.
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Have had my DC150 setup for a year and just can’t seem to get it tuned to how I like it.
Either it’s producing almost no skimmate and it’s all ending up inside the neck, or I adjust stand pipe a little bit and it skims too wet. I’ve been screwing In The volute a little bit each day to try to get some better results. I also broke the plastic that houses the screw for the standpipe by screwing it in a bit too much, is that replaceable? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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That screw is an M6 x 16. You can source a nylon M6 screw online easily my searching M6 nylon screw. Any M6 screw that is over 16mm long will work. I checked our site and don’t see them in the US store but that’s likely because you are one of the first I’ve seen that broke his in the last few years. There really is no reason to tighten much at all either. In fact, on my Supermarin, I never even tightened it other than to have a slight amount of friction on the wedge. That said, you are on the right track as far as turning the nozzle a little bit at a time to find the sweet spot and once you have it close, a fraction of a turn on the nozzle as well as a fraction of a turn of the wedge pipe can make a big difference so keep that in mind when you are turning the wedge. Just a tiny bit of a turn like a degree or less is all that’s needed. Also, not sure how many fish you have but the less the load, the harder it is to keep it consistent without spending the time to really fine tune the nozzle. To me it sounds like you are close if not spot on with the nozzle and just need to do finer adjustments of the wedge. And if you have a really low load, you can’t expect much skimmate in the cup and will see a bit more accumulation in the neck unless you are skimming fairly wet.
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Not the screw I cracked it’s the piece below: My fish load is pretty decent, it’s a 80g display with abou 9 fish, and I feed heavily. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Thanks! I will do that when I get some time, it does still have enough pressure to hold the pipe luckily. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Hi all, which level of bubble separation i should put on my Bubble King Double Cone 200?
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Hey all, been Reading through the thread and cant really seem to apply the the setting provided on my BK SM200. I tried running the pump at 30w and having the wedge fully open. at 9" or roughly 23 cm. This puts the waterlevel within the body at around half way up to the skimmer neck. Closing the wedge to 1/2 puts the skimmate at around 1.5 inches below the neck. I've tried raising the waterlevel to 10" but dont seem to get the all the way up to the neck again. Gonna remove and clean the skimmer today so see if something is clogging it but i doubt it.
I run it on a reefer 625XXL with a (according to me) high fishload. 22 fish and 3 of them tangs. I feed twice daily, primarly frozen. I also run a mechanical filter in the form of a clarisea SK5000. Any tips? |
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