Reef octopus 2000

[dghby]

Hi all, newbie to Saltwater......
I purchased a Reef Octopus 2000 recently and it has been working great. But when I shut the unit down for any
reason and then power it back up I have to remember to twist the cap of the breather tube or it would overflow.
if I kept the cap off it would seem that it would fill the cup up rather quickly. I am concerned about power outages
as we move into winter and was wondering, should I leave the cap off the tube or am I missing something I should be doing??

 

[dghby]

hre is a picture of what I speak about

 

[sureal00]

Did you get this in the box.I thought the hang on back reef octopus came with the one below


CoralVue | Air Silencer for Reef Octopus Skimmers


Are you tighting that top piece ot taking the whole piece off the tube

 

[dghby]

I got them both, checked you tube and seen this one being used more than the other one in the link. I just twist the cap off. I have since taken the cap off and raised the cup a bit, that seems to have helped but only time will tell.