SCA-301 Protein Skimmer Breaking in?

[boxer]

ive been using one for about a month now! took about 2.5 weeks to get dark skimmate. im running it in 7.5" of water with the water level adjustment almost on 3. love this thing great skimmer for a sweet price.

 

[SmoothSmoke]

Ordered one yesterday! Newest version, cup drain & air silencer

Awesome. Let us know how it goes for you.

ive been using one for about a month now! took about 2.5 weeks to get dark skimmate. im running it in 7.5" of water with the water level adjustment almost on 3. love this thing great skimmer for a sweet price.

Can I see a pic of your skimmate? Want to see what its suppose to look like when broken in.

 

[boxer]

sure ill take a pic later when I get home! Take in consideration im also running bio pellets. But mine looked like yours at about week 1 to week 2 and at that time bio pellets were not online. but even now my bio pellets have only been going for a lil over a week and I started with only about a 1/2 a cup on a 60 gal tank. mine really started pulling a good skimmate when the neck of the cone got nasty.

 

[Dalmatia]

Is there such a thing as having too large a skimmer?

Ya, if it don't fit... lol

 

[Dalmatia]

Other than that, the bigger the better

 

[boxer]

Here is the cup today right before I clean it. This is about a week after the initial break in.

 

[SmoothSmoke]

Wow thats funky! Mine is a ways off.

 

[boxer]

Wow thats funky! Mine is a ways off.

Yea mine has really starting kicking butt! My system has been running for 4 months now with the skimmer going for about a month like i said and all i feed is frozen mysis once a day to once every other day. i only have one fish one pistol shrimp and a CUC. The amount i feed is about a ml of mysis diluted in tank water. and about once a week i feed about 5ml of dried zooplankton for the 4 frags i have. the water lever in the skimmer body is about 3/4 of an inch away from the bracket thats right below the collection cup which puts you at in between 3 and 4 on the skimmer adjustment. i feel like the skimmate is still a little wet so i moved the water level down to about an inch and a half below that bracket which puts you at about 3 on the skimmer adjustment. but if it doesnt product anything in about 5 days im going to move it back up to the 3/4 of an inch below the bracket.

 

[Jonreefer]

I have a 301 and I really like it. I have mine in 8" water and only need to set on setting 2 I read 6-8" is the recommend water level for it

 

[SmoothSmoke]

Thanks all. Started getting some funkier skimmate early this week. Is this now broken in??

 

[boxer]

looking good.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Looks pretty good!!

 

[SmoothSmoke]

Awesome!!!

 

[Masedaddy]

Just be sure to keep the air intake tube clear. Mine has a tendency to get clogged with salt creep. So for my weekly maintenance I squirt hot RO/DI down the air intake. Works like a charm!!