So after disaster struck and making a post about my skimmer breaking.. I get a PM.. Submariner..
It reads, I will help you out Mate, I'll Give you a bit of a discount, then you try my Vertex Skimmer.
What a offer, the skimmers are already dirt cheap, and I get more discount.. So I phone the man, and he is even willing to open up the shop late afternoon for me..Like 6 PM Saturday afternoon
So I thought why not share some pics of this skimmer.
I get home the night, get this sucker in the sump, plug it in and ... nothing? I'm thinking o-noes .. fiddle with the plug, but stupid me, I am waiting for a sound from the pump, my previous skimmer was a bit noisy, so am use to that..my wife looks at me funny, and says " what the hell are you doing, the foam goes on and off, stop fiddling with the plug..
Noiseless in not the word, this thing is so silent, you can hear the foam/bubbles pop if you put your ear close enough to the skimmer cup.. not even a zzz, or a ee or a sssszzz from the air intake..nothing at all!
So I Leave the plug, and start fiddling with the water level. Cleverly it is done with a pipe, and the air intake sits on the top of this. you have a little t at the bottom, so you can set where you want the water to come out of the skimmer - it's also low, so there is not a single bubble like other skimmers, No waves from falling water, nothing. it makes a stream underneath your water level.
Get it set to where the manual says , and it starts making dirt dirty skimmate in about 10 min
this was after first 10 min ...
According to the user manual, this thing has more bells and whistles than an Irish Farm..
You can adjust air intake by unscrewing the white bit on the front of the pump, or the pump nozzle, the venturi then opens up more, and more air can be introduced.
The pipe that you adjust for the water level in the skimmer has a secure-screw , so once your skimmer is grabbing the gunk, you can use it and secure the pipe in place.
The skimmer cup is attached by thread, with a o-ring. So no leaks.
This thing is AWSOMENESS.
Sorry if I sound a bit like a kid, but compared to what I had, this is something else..
PS - since this has been running, my "floaty" bits in the display have almost disappeared
Skimmer yesterday night
It reads, I will help you out Mate, I'll Give you a bit of a discount, then you try my Vertex Skimmer.
What a offer, the skimmers are already dirt cheap, and I get more discount.. So I phone the man, and he is even willing to open up the shop late afternoon for me..Like 6 PM Saturday afternoon
So I thought why not share some pics of this skimmer.
I get home the night, get this sucker in the sump, plug it in and ... nothing? I'm thinking o-noes .. fiddle with the plug, but stupid me, I am waiting for a sound from the pump, my previous skimmer was a bit noisy, so am use to that..my wife looks at me funny, and says " what the hell are you doing, the foam goes on and off, stop fiddling with the plug..
Noiseless in not the word, this thing is so silent, you can hear the foam/bubbles pop if you put your ear close enough to the skimmer cup.. not even a zzz, or a ee or a sssszzz from the air intake..nothing at all!
So I Leave the plug, and start fiddling with the water level. Cleverly it is done with a pipe, and the air intake sits on the top of this. you have a little t at the bottom, so you can set where you want the water to come out of the skimmer - it's also low, so there is not a single bubble like other skimmers, No waves from falling water, nothing. it makes a stream underneath your water level.
Get it set to where the manual says , and it starts making dirt dirty skimmate in about 10 min
this was after first 10 min ...
According to the user manual, this thing has more bells and whistles than an Irish Farm..
You can adjust air intake by unscrewing the white bit on the front of the pump, or the pump nozzle, the venturi then opens up more, and more air can be introduced.
The pipe that you adjust for the water level in the skimmer has a secure-screw , so once your skimmer is grabbing the gunk, you can use it and secure the pipe in place.
The skimmer cup is attached by thread, with a o-ring. So no leaks.
This thing is AWSOMENESS.
Sorry if I sound a bit like a kid, but compared to what I had, this is something else..
PS - since this has been running, my "floaty" bits in the display have almost disappeared
Skimmer yesterday night
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