Have a Euroreef Skimmer?
Every wanted to see if you could get better performance from your Euroreef skimmer?

Well this may be just want you are looking for.
In this video Dave Perry (JustDavidP) and Gustavo Pagnozzi (Neo) take us through step by step in the modification of pump that drives the skimmer to to get it to produce a better skimmate

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ohh is it not on itunes rob?

it will be shortly.. you have to give it a minute to update...lol
go ahead and try again, my system just picked it up

Alright! Success!!!!

Ooooh.. I didn't know this was being released already :) Now I really have to finish up the Acrylic 101 to get it in queue for you Roberto!!!

So...anyone else willing to hack up their 40 dollar Needle Wheel ;)

It was fun, and my skimmer is now really in overdrive!

Dave

I am still downloading but this sounds great! I am now in the market for a skimmer and i was looking at the euroreef ones. Perfect timing :)

sweet!!!! i have a ER i wanted to mod for a while. this episode should answer alot of my question.

THANKZ GUYS!!

De Nada... it was fun! What better way is there to spend Winter evenings than with friends, indoors, cannibalizing technology over a few beers LMAO

That is right sir P., the only thing is that to make a 10 min modification to David's skimmer pump took us about 3 Hrs? and a case of Beer? ok maybe 2 cases. :D

You should see how long it took to build and record a sump :rolleyes:

Aren't videos fun :) I like the little one in the background giving suggestions on bubble size. lol

Would this mod work on any of the Euroreef models? Just wondering because i am looking at the RS models for my new tank.

Great video you two! I am looking forward to the sump one :)

From what I understand this mod will work on any needle wheel pump. I am not sure if they were ever able to get it to work on the Coralife Super Skimmers. I just bought my CSS a few months ago, but after seeing the videos of the foam these skimmers produce. I am seriously looking for a ER, ASM or Octopus skimmer.

Excellent job on the video guys. I have 3 Euro-Reef skimmers, so I am going to attempt this mod on at least one of them. I'll let you know how it goes.

And I know what you mean about how long these videos take. I made a 12 minute tank tour of my 240. It took about 2 hours to shoot, and about 10 hours to edit. I still had a blast, though.

Once again - well done!

Thanks Guys, It is a lot of fun make those Videos.

We made another one that is about acrylic and that was like 3 days worth of recording and I'm in the process of setting up a New tank, 180g, which will be in wall tank, and we are also recording the progress of the tank, but this project will take at least 6 months to be completed because as part of the setup I need to finish the basement( that was the deal with my "BOSS"), and every steep of the way will be on tape, like a Video log instead of a Photo log.

Aren't videos fun :) I like the little one in the background giving suggestions on bubble size. lol

That was my daughter trying to say that the skimmer was her skimmer :p


Would this mod work on any of the Euroreef models? Just wondering because i am looking at the RS models for my new tank.

Great video you two! I am looking forward to the sump one :)
Like PSH said, will work on any needle wheel pump.

Thanks again

Gustavo

Great video guys!!! that is the exact pump I am using on my Euro Reef 8-2 :) After I locate some mesh I will be doing the mod myself.

Thanks again!!

PS can you post a link to the place to get the mesh?

i myself am (...will be...... i have it........ just no system........) running an RS 8.3+ (i think so, its what it looks like on the receipt.

The + is for the dual sedra 5000's (thaaaaaaats right XD ). So i may turn one into a recirculating pump, and put a mesh wheel on that. Imagine what would happen if bubbles that are already tiny were run throught the mesh????

Of course i'm a wuss, so ill probably leave it be, dual sedras are good enough for me XD

haha how about a coralife superskimmer mod !! eh eh eh i know you want to!

You want to use the Number 4 product:

Enkamat® Nylon, .25 (http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/4323)

Dave

Hi,
I am having no luck downloading this. Any ideas??

-Brian

is it not playing once its starts/finished downloading
or is it actually not starting to download
or is it starting to download and just timing out?

it is downloading and then timing out before it starts to play

if you are not already, i would recommend using a podcatcher like iTunes to download the shows
details are here
http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/faq.php

this way it will download in the background.

all that said, im currently in the works to get more bandwidth added to the system. expected to be in place next month.

new instant video added to this thread
you can now view this video right here in the post live

see post #1 to view the video

Ew I'm fat!

Excellent video guys! Thank you for taking the time to make it. I just received some mesh mod from a fellow reefer (Thanks BigAl :) ) and intend to mod my ASM G3's sedra 500 within the week. Thanks for showing how easy it is!

....now, if you would please, get to work on a 'recirculating mod' video!! :cool:

:D

Hello Woodstock. I see you have been a member for a while but I don't think I have ever sais :welcome: to TR.

Thank you Carmie :)

Thanks "D"...

Rob just told me that this is one of the most "linked" episodes on TR. I'm glad we could help. I've also found that Premium Aquatics is now selling the mesh mod kits to do this. It's great that concepts, brought about by other hobbyists, are now making a difference. It was fun to show all of you, in video, what others have done to improve the hobby.

Dave