That looks a lot like the one I just got. I have not set it up yet. Any Tips on tuning?I just found out that in EU this same skimmer is rebranded under the "FZONE" name. I had the same for few months now and the only issue I found was that it is quite difficult to tune at the beginning. Once the right water level and airflow is found it can skim drier or wetter very reliably (here in the pic you can see the pitch dark skimmate I produce with mine in 5-6 days. I cannot compare with more expensive ones because it is the first one I own but I can say it seem to do it's job on a 32g nano.
Yes that's the one. I tried for months to tune it in by "screwing" the bottle for increasing or decreasing the water level but it never worked. What actually made the difference was to start placing the skimmer at the correct depth (20 cm from the pump base to the water surface). Then I rotated the bottle to get the bottom of the foaming bubbles more or less at the same height as the base of the collection cup. Finally increase or decrease height from (external) water surface by 1 cm (if you want to skim drier move up, if wetter move down). In this way it seemed easier to me to find the sweet spot. It takes a while to show the difference in skimming after you modify the height.
seconding all the people that have bought what looks like an upgrade magtool. Here is the link to the one I purchased:
This thing rocks. very solid build and the dc pump makes it super easy to dial in. The collection cup is also decently sized for a nano skimmer. I will have to test it to see how often I need to clean it.
Been running for about 12-18 hours now. This won't fit in the desktop IM back chambers. I have it currently in my hob refugium. Unfortunately the IM chambers are just too small. I believe this will fit in some the other AIO chambers. I also don't have it hanging on anything. I slapped some feet onto the pump stand and it stood up fine by itself. Seems like the water level in my HOB fuge is perfect for its function
I agree, I would probably run the Tunze 9001 sideways if I had to fit it in a IM back chamber. That was my back up plan before putting the cpr hob fuge on this tank. The eshopps nano skimmer and those other smaller tube format ones just seem like a pain to deal with. Both with dealing with the adjustment and how often you would need to clean based on how small they are.
seconding all the people that have bought what looks like an upgrade magtool. Here is the link to the one I purchased:
This thing rocks. very solid build and the dc pump makes it super easy to dial in. The collection cup is also decently sized for a nano skimmer. I will have to test it to see how often I need to clean it.
Been running for about 12-18 hours now. This won't fit in the desktop IM back chambers. I have it currently in my hob refugium. Unfortunately the IM chambers are just too small. I believe this will fit in some the other AIO chambers. I also don't have it hanging on anything. I slapped some feet onto the pump stand and it stood up fine by itself. Seems like the water level in my HOB fuge is perfect for its function
not necessarily, but I do think the upgrade version with the controller is better than regular magtool version. I was just advising people to look out for the new version
How is that possible it easily fits in the back of my kids im 15g
