skimmer for 20 gal Innovative marine peninsula
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Coral Your World
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Go skimmerless
Reffetsevla
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I run the Reef Glass skimmer but I had to make modifications to get it to run constantly, if interested lmk. Once I did though, it runs great. It's an airstone skimmer, so you will have to replace them. I do them monthly, get them off eBay at 10 for $15 or so. Not awful. I mainly use it for gas exchange. I have plenty of surface agitation but I feel this helps. I run it pretty dry, so it doesn't pull out too much. Just helps keep things in check.
I did try a couple other needle wheel skimmers and could never get the microbubbles to subside enough. I run this skimmer dry and a fuge for 4hrs in the middle of the night. Has been great holding PO4 and NO3 manageable for me.
I have an IM 20 Fusion Pro, first gen.
I did try a couple other needle wheel skimmers and could never get the microbubbles to subside enough. I run this skimmer dry and a fuge for 4hrs in the middle of the night. Has been great holding PO4 and NO3 manageable for me.
I have an IM 20 Fusion Pro, first gen.
Reffetsevla
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This is absolutely possible, just ensure you have enough surface agitation for gas exchange and if your PO4 and NO3 start getting high, get the inTank fuge for one of the chambers. I run that and a $9 grow LED from Home depot, chaeto grows like mad lol
Coral Your World
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Reffetsevla
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Getting late here but I will take some tomorrow with how it's setup and list what I did to correct the issues I found. Since my modifications I'm a month without having to change a thing. Before I was tweaking or changing something nonstop to try and get it working.
Reffetsevla
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So my issues with the Reef Glass were a few:
Airstone would occasionally "glug" and air pump couldn't push through: Resolved by adding a check valve to the feed line. Can see it on the black line
Airstone got stuck in the tube occasionally due to expansion: Switched from 3/4" x 2" air stones to 1/2" x 3" air stones. This allowed greater water flow around the airstone while retaining similar surface area.
Drain line got clogged daily: Resolved by upgrading to a 1/4" air line from home depot with push fitting (white one on the top of the unit)
I use powerade bottles, I drilled a hole in the top of one and added three exit holes for air. This is crucial as if you dont give it a way for the air to escape, the skimmer won't produce any bubbles.
Emptied the bottle today actually, that's about 3-4 weeks worth. I run it dry but I don't ever turn it off, even to feed so it does pull a bit wet during then.
Most would've likely given up with those issues, but to run the system I wanted (two media baskets, you can see the 2nd next to the skimmer, UV on the left) I needed a skimmer that fit in about a 2" x 4" space. This does easily.
Airstone would occasionally "glug" and air pump couldn't push through: Resolved by adding a check valve to the feed line. Can see it on the black line
Airstone got stuck in the tube occasionally due to expansion: Switched from 3/4" x 2" air stones to 1/2" x 3" air stones. This allowed greater water flow around the airstone while retaining similar surface area.
Drain line got clogged daily: Resolved by upgrading to a 1/4" air line from home depot with push fitting (white one on the top of the unit)
I use powerade bottles, I drilled a hole in the top of one and added three exit holes for air. This is crucial as if you dont give it a way for the air to escape, the skimmer won't produce any bubbles.
Emptied the bottle today actually, that's about 3-4 weeks worth. I run it dry but I don't ever turn it off, even to feed so it does pull a bit wet during then.
Most would've likely given up with those issues, but to run the system I wanted (two media baskets, you can see the 2nd next to the skimmer, UV on the left) I needed a skimmer that fit in about a 2" x 4" space. This does easily.
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tinyfellows
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I run the eshopps nano skimmer in my Waterbox 20 it’s my first skimmer so don’t have anything to compare it to but I’ve been happy with it. It pulls nice and dark skimmate and micro bubbles went away after a couple days of starting it up
Reffetsevla
Active Member
What is the actual footprint of that one? I was looking at it but the reviews had a different footprint listed as the ad did, so I didn't risk it.
tinyfellows
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I believe they are 4 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 11 1/2
My 20g nano cube aio.
No skimmer needed.
No skimmer needed.
Chris-Dott
New Member
I have a 20 gallon IM fusion pro 20 Peninsula and picked up the IM desktop NuvoDC protein skimmer, it hasn’t arrived yet (Thursday) but it fits into the Section.
DatsoonDave
Community Member
I use the ghost skimmer ON IM website thats recommended. Doesn't produce great skimmer but it works, without micro bubbles. The first hour after cleaning gets good neck sludge but results in the cup are a bit watery regardless of cup level. I feed pretty heavily so with weekly water changes its a good combination.
Cayreefer
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What is your ph?My 20g nano cube aio.
No skimmer needed.
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