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[Frankie_Garcia]

a hydor slim skim nano protein skimmer, one of the best skimmer I have gone with. Even though it's internal. It's sleek and looks nice. Mine is hidden in the rocks and looks like a overflow. I would add pictures but my tank is cloudy from adding sand to my refugium. Any tips on the cloudiness

 

[Garrett706]

a hydor slim skim nano protein skimmer, one of the best skimmer I have gone with. Even though it's internal. It's sleek and looks nice. Mine is hidden in the rocks and looks like a overflow. I would add pictures but my tank is cloudy from adding sand to my refugium. Any tips on the cloudiness

be patient

 

[Mebbid]

Patience is a good one. Although adding some filter floss to a filter will quickly pull particulates out of the water.

 

[Bill0181]

Add sand with PVC pipe next time, it cuts down on all the cloudiness issues!

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

My tank has just not been the same since I added the sump.

 

[Mebbid]

My tank has just not been the same since I added the sump.

How so?

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

Well I got a new skimmer, but it's producing micro bubbles due to break in, but my mushrooms corals are not opening along with my Zoas abs frog spawn

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

My water parameters are perfect!

 

[Mebbid]

What exactly are your parameters? Could you have had a salinity swing when you added your sump from the extra water?

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

I wrote them down but lost the papers, but everything is good!

 

[irishbuffalo]

I had the hydor slim skim nano for about a month. It seemed to be ok. It definitely took some gunk out but it was too water level dependent. I didn't have a sump so it wouldn't skim properly if I didn't keep the water level just perfect. Plus every time I emptied the cup the rubber adjuster moved and I had to adjust it all over again. If it wasn't just right, it wouldn't do its job properly.

It was a little bit of a nightmare I must admit. After a long work day I came home and it wasn't running. Took it apart, nothing was clogging the motor. It just simply burned out. I returned it and just took the money back.

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

Luckily I keep it in my main tank and the water levels stays equal no matter what! I haven't had any problems yet.

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

I had the hydor slim skim nano for about a month. It seemed to be ok. It definitely took some gunk out but it was too water level dependent. I didn't have a sump so it wouldn't skim properly if I didn't keep the water level just perfect. Plus every time I emptied the cup the rubber adjuster moved and I had to adjust it all over again. If it wasn't just right, it wouldn't do its job properly.

It was a little bit of a nightmare I must admit. After a long work day I came home and it wasn't running. Took it apart, nothing was clogging the motor. It just simply burned out. I returned it and just took the money back.

Did yours ever stop with the micro
Bubbles?

 

[irishbuffalo]

Did yours ever stop with the micro
Bubbles?

Nope. There was always a small stream of micro bubbles coming out of the left side of the unit. Supposedly they will go away eventually.