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09/29/2006, 10:11 AM
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Roland,
the 6 inch is 2-2000 the 10 inch is 2-3000 bigger neck the 12 inch is 3-2000 bigger neck the larger neck is on the 10 and 12 inch the 2000 pumps have had the issues worked out. Wolf, the 10 inch one is just over 30 inches. There is room to cut the collection cup down to make it fit your application. The drain lines are glued in.
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09/29/2006, 10:42 AM
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Which is still WAY too small. The 200 should have about a 5" neck. Those monsters should be up in the 6-8" range.
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09/29/2006, 04:43 PM
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Yeah Rich, I agree, they seem to have missed the mark with those bigger skimmers. They are getting into “high end" skimmers price range and size skimmers but fall short on the design.
Especially with some new ultra high end skimmers coming out in the US next month. IMO Their smaller skimmers like the nw-200 150-110 are good values, but the big ones seem to fall short.
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09/29/2006, 11:21 PM
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Got the skimmer home tonight did a 1 hour vinegar run. Flushed out and then filled with saltwater and skimate from my old skimmer. The pics taken 2-3mins after running foam production like crazy blew the top off it and had to shut it off. Going to let it run overnight then rinse and hook up to my system! These skimmers really rock!
I also ran a killa-watt on the 3 pumps total draw 94-99 Watts! Mods I did was open up all the air intakes and reamed out all the inlets to pumps. Gasket mods done on all 3 pumps.    
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09/30/2006, 08:05 AM
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very nice!!
Im having a problem with my nw110. I installed it two days ago after doing a vinegar bath. It has yet to start skimming. Im not even getting foam. All i get it fizzy water with about 1/8 inch of foam on it. I have it sitting in 8 inches of water. I had the same problem with my ASM Mini. The cup is filled with a tea colored water but only because of the fiz. I would really appreciate any help. |
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09/30/2006, 08:46 AM
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hdtvguy
looks good, 99 watts is good. what did it cost? and how much air are the pumps pulling? Are you going to hook it up to a tank soon to test it? i would like to see where your water level ends up.
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09/30/2006, 12:31 PM
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Mine did the same thing for about a week - even with the vinegar bath it takes a bit for a bacterial slime to build up and coat the inside
 now it's skimming pretty well, although I did drill out the air intake to get more air inside the chamber Quote:
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09/30/2006, 12:58 PM
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mines in the same place, nasty smell, green tinge, but only because the water level is .5" under the lip of the neck.
guess Ill give it a bit longer, but its been going for 5 days now, no improvement that I can see. I just cleaned the cup, rinsed the cup a bit, should I not rinse it? just pour out the liquid and be done with it? some of the thicker caked areas around the lip cleaned up nicely, or is that beneficial?
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09/30/2006, 12:59 PM
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is it water tight what did it cost? and did you see the cost of the 2 pump 10 inch model
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10/01/2006, 09:10 PM
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10/01/2006, 09:15 PM
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Yes 99 watts is great I was shocked after testing it! Cost is $900+ not sure how much air it's pulling no way to measure but it is pulling lots! I have it on the tank now setup last night skimmed right away. Will post pics later. |
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10/01/2006, 09:17 PM
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10/01/2006, 09:20 PM
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10/01/2006, 09:26 PM
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well it jumpstarted it alright. Now lets hope it stays like that. By the way, does the air muffler hamper performance at all? Mines not that noisy at all and could take it off without a problem.
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10/02/2006, 06:27 AM
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10/02/2006, 08:07 AM
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Yes air restriction does make your pump work a little harder and it also reduces you air volume. In my tests it seemed to also make the bubbles smaller = better performance IMO. I visually could not see any difference other than the water level rising in the skimmer but I did notice the every time the bubbles would produce a dryer foam faster ( so I came to conclusion must be smaller bubbles). I tested this maybe 20 + times, with the pump operating at different air volumes. After I modded the pump to pull above 20 Scfh the silencer had no more effect/benefit, I had to use a valve to restrict the air a little more to get to the dryer foam again. You might try this and see for yourself if it helps. Reports back are mixed. I think your 12" skimmer and medium/low air volume (Relatively speaking) you can give a better observation than with other skimmers. But I think if you have your skimmer out where you can observe it essayer you can give some good feedback on this theory. I think it boils down to the resistance causing the venturi to create consistently smaller bubbles. I have not proven this 100% but im fairly convinced of this. If you can try it tell me what you think I would value your finding.
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10/02/2006, 11:42 AM
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Messing around last night I put my genx 1500 on it. Man does it go nuts. The only problem is a little too many big bubbles popping in the neck. Im thinking of doing a recirculating mod with the 1500. I believe it works a bit better than the otp 1000. When i install a feed pump, where is the idea place for the pump. Closer to the water surface?
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10/02/2006, 12:25 PM
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That big one looks like my NW200.
IE the neck being WAAAAAY too narrow to handle the air. so you have to set the water level way down on the body.
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10/02/2006, 01:14 PM
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And Roland there still not in the high end price range when you consider the size. A simular sized deltec is over $3000 versus the $799 CDN.
http://www.deltecusa.us/proteinskimmers/ap703.php If I remember reading your tank thread hdtvguy that skimmer should get a work out! Alot of big fish, can't wait to see the skim. |
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10/02/2006, 01:57 PM
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Sorry if this is in the wrong place but im having problems finding a place to order a NW-200 that isnt on BO and in stock. can someone tell me where i can get one?
thanks in adance joe
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