Something else that happens to these skimmers, is that sometimes the pump
will pick up a little rock or piece of substrate that has found its way into
the sump and pass it through into the skimmer. Unless it is the tiniest
rock, it will get caught in the venturi "cone" and clog the water and
airflow. If the warm water trick does not work, take the skimmer out of the
sump and then take the input adapter off,(where the pump pumps water into
the skimmer). You will see an inverted cone type thing. That screws into
the skimmer. You will want to unscrew it and clean it out, then put it back
in. Be careful when you put it back in, because it is easy to cross thread
this piece.
One other thing, the Rio 2500s suck. When that thing goes bad, replace it
with a Mag, and get an oversized one. These skimmers need a lot of water
flow to work decent.
Shane
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From: Tracee Horn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: questions on Berlin skimmer
Thanks Tom will give a try this am!!!
Tracee
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Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: questions on Berlin skimmer
The only maintenance on that style skimmer is to keep the
venturi clean :
take the airline hose that's connected to the venturi and
submerge the other
end in a glass of warm fresh water, the venturi should pull
the water into
the skimmer, this will dissolve any salt creep that's in the
valve. This
should be done about once a month. If it's too late, and
water won't get
pulled in, you(might) have to flush these parts with a weak
acid soulution
(outside the tank, of course) put a couple teaspoons of
vinegar in some warm
water, and clean.
In most cases a clogged airway is the problem. Otherwise
check the output of
the pump (with skimmer removed).
HTH,
Tom
Reefgar Coralfarms
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