The water did work now I'm trying to adjust the flow. Now I've got lots of
white foam and water being produced. And yes I will replace the rio, after
reading many posts I came the conclusion they are very good!
Thanks again for everyone help
Tracee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 11:16 AM
Subject: RE: questions on Berlin skimmer
> Something else that happens to these skimmers, is that sometimes the pump
> will pick up a little rock or piece of substrate that has found its way
into
> the sump and pass it through into the skimmer. Unless it is the tiniest
> rock, it will get caught in the venturi "cone" and clog the water and
> airflow. If the warm water trick does not work, take the skimmer out of
the
> sump and then take the input adapter off,(where the pump pumps water into
> the skimmer). You will see an inverted cone type thing. That screws into
> the skimmer. You will want to unscrew it and clean it out, then put it
back
> in. Be careful when you put it back in, because it is easy to cross thread
> this piece.
>
> One other thing, the Rio 2500s suck. When that thing goes bad, replace it
> with a Mag, and get an oversized one. These skimmers need a lot of water
> flow to work decent.
>
> Shane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracee Horn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: questions on Berlin skimmer
>
> Thanks Tom will give a try this am!!!
>
> Tracee
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: questions on Berlin skimmer
>
> The only maintenance on that style skimmer is to keep the
> venturi clean :
> take the airline hose that's connected to the venturi and
> submerge the other
> end in a glass of warm fresh water, the venturi should pull
> the water into
> the skimmer, this will dissolve any salt creep that's in the
> valve. This
> should be done about once a month. If it's too late, and
> water won't get
> pulled in, you(might) have to flush these parts with a weak
> acid soulution
> (outside the tank, of course) put a couple teaspoons of
> vinegar in some warm
> water, and clean.
> In most cases a clogged airway is the problem. Otherwise
> check the output of
> the pump (with skimmer removed).
> HTH,
> Tom
> Reefgar Coralfarms
>
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