I bought a aoctopus extreme 200 I know that they are supposed to take a few weeks to break in I built a stand for it over the weekend and it is in 8" of water on my 150 gal with a 40 gal sump. I don't think that it is producing very muchonly about an 1/8 of an inch of water from 7:00pm- 930am. I have heard of doing a mesh mod on the pump, but don't want to mess things up does anyone have a good link to get me started so that it gets done correctly if I do it. Or wouldn't you suggest doing this yet...
how much skimmate to expect octoext 200?
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Ted
Living one day at a time
i would wait for it to break in.
project5k
Reef enthusiast
yea i was kinda thinking the same thing, you wont be able to get anything reliable or predictable out of it till it gets a chance to break in... just let it run and keep an eye on it so it dosent cause a floor or run dry or anything like that...
Reefrookie
Not so new anymore!
I have the MSX sister skimmer to yours. Every one's correct in letting it break in. Mine took about 2 weeks to get a good skim out of it. you can close the pipe on top of the tee to get more skim out of it, but it will most likely will be just pulling water and not much crud till it breaks in........... Patience :mrgreen:
I was told not to bother using the mesh mod on the 160 or the 200. Something about making too many bubbles to be efficient. I don't know if that's true or not. Mine came with the pin wheel in it and it's working great, so I didn't screw around with it
I was told not to bother using the mesh mod on the 160 or the 200. Something about making too many bubbles to be efficient. I don't know if that's true or not. Mine came with the pin wheel in it and it's working great, so I didn't screw around with it
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How long does it take your cup to fill up about? Just curious on what size tank?
dcantucson
Reef pro
I would screw with it, myself. If you have to alter it to get it to perform then it wasn't the right skimmer. JMO.
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
It took my Octo a good 2-3 weeks before it really started pumping out the sludge. I did the mesh mod on mine, but since you have the pinwheel impeller, I would just keep using that. It takes mine a week to fill the collection cup with thick, black, so stinky it makes you gag, sludge.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
My skimmer produces that amount over two days. Takes a week to fill the cup half way.
I found this guy with the octo extreme 250 and he is pulling about 3/4 of a cup of dark stuff overnight : Google Image Result for http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/millepora/OTCX-2503.jpg:shock:
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
obviously some skimmers are more efficient than others.
But it also depends what the bio load is in your tank. How many fish, what kind of fish, how much water volume you're pushing through your sump, how much/what/often you feed, etc.
But it also depends what the bio load is in your tank. How many fish, what kind of fish, how much water volume you're pushing through your sump, how much/what/often you feed, etc.
