Aquamaxx FC-80 Trouble

Ezrunner23 · Apr 5, 2018

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I received my Aquamaxx FC-80 all of you could imagen my excitement. Then for my disappointment when I set it up and plugged it in but with in a min it stop's working. I unplugged it right away and checked the pump and nothing was wrong or so I assemble it back and plugged it back in and same thing happen's for 3-4 try's until i called it a night since I had other thing to do around the house. Also I plugged this morning just because and it worked for about a min and stopped again. My question is do any of you have an idea or suggestions on how I could fix this?

Water Dog · Apr 5, 2018

Get on the phone with Marine Depot. A brand new out of the box skimmer should not be giving you any hassle.

reeftivo · Apr 5, 2018

+1

have them send you return postage when they deliver you a new one ;-).

pharazon · Apr 22, 2018

Any update on this? Was considering this model.

Ezrunner23 · Apr 24, 2018

Yeah marine depot exchanged it and its good know! I was going to wait till I was able to review it better.

Coronus · Jun 7, 2018

Any updates on this skimmer? Good, bad, ok? Thanks

Ezrunner23 · Jun 8, 2018

ohh yes it's a fantastic Skimmer pulls some really nasty stuff I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 just because the rocky start in the beginning but with the great customer service of @MarineDepot it was hassle free.

Coronus · Jun 8, 2018

Great News! What about the dome lid, is it easy to clean. I read a review stating t can’t be cleaned?
Also what size tank are you running it on? Thanks

Ezrunner23 · Jun 8, 2018

its in a 75 gallon, yeah its hard to reach behind the dome part of it but if you get a wire bottle cleaner its and bend it to get behind it it's so much easier.

Whisnantrider · Nov 13, 2018

Ezrunner23 said:
its in a 75 gallon, yeah its hard to reach behind the dome part of it but if you get a wire bottle cleaner its and bend it to get behind it it's so much easier.

I am looking at this skimmer for my Reefer 250. Are you still running this skimmer? How has it been over the last few months?

Rakie · Nov 13, 2018

Wow, I know the FC80 is in that size range but man, that seems like a nano skimmer. I'm glad it's doing well for you though! If you had asked me I'd have told you to go for the 120 size

pharazon · Nov 14, 2018

Whisnantrider said:
I am looking at this skimmer for my Reefer 250. Are you still running this skimmer? How has it been over the last few months?

I got a thread reply notification for this thread right after I placed an order for mine. Not OP but I’ll let you know what I think of it when I get it if you’re still on the fence.

Whisnantrider · Nov 14, 2018

pharazon said:
I got a thread reply notification for this thread right after I placed an order for mine. Not OP but I’ll let you know what I think of it when I get it if you’re still on the fence.

Thanks for the assistance.

Ezrunner23 · Nov 14, 2018

I like it pulls good skim but I would also agree with going with a size bigger due to the fact that I’m already planning in upgrading.

Whisnantrider · Nov 15, 2018

Ezrunner23 said:
I like it pulls good skim but I would also agree with going with a size bigger due to the fact that I’m already planning in upgrading.

Are you upgrading the tank size or just the skimmer?

Ezrunner23 · Nov 15, 2018

both since i would like have a 180G Display tank.

Whisnantrider · Nov 15, 2018

Well I got a blackfriday code from Marine Depot and used my credits to order the FC-80 a few min ago. I figured at $154.99 I wasn't going to do much better and since I can't upgrade to a larger tank in the future, due to 40" being the max length I can fit,then I would just roll with it.