The best way to tune your Protein Skimmer: Learn how in just 5-minutes!

這些設備都是"硬"打出濃稠的泡沫，事實上水中的雜質、蛋白等，並沒有這麼多！

Totally not my skimmer- mines
Pretty old- but you are super engaging and very good on the videos! Thanks! -learning to manage my own tank :-)

I need one of those inline air valves with the barbs you guys have a part number for me so I can order one from ya? Awesome video guys keep up the great work ❤️❤️❤️

Good stuff bud.

I literally took my new skimmer out of the box and understood your explantion and followed your direction and my skimmer is working great! thanks dude!!!

if they cant get a skimmer working i doubt they understand how a combustion engine works just saying lol

I noticed at the beginning of your video you showed skimmers with a lot of excess water. I always called that flushing. Star is definitely a happy medium. Great job on y'all's explanation

Dude been exspermenting been using soda lime on my skimmer more air means more co2 so I have turned my air and pump down and my ph is more stable because of photosinthis in the day it's the drop over night my question is can I turn my skimmer off over night so I not adding co2 over night because the pH lowers I have low load 2 fish mostly corals

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Is there a reason why a skimmer would not produce skim mate after hooking up a CO2 scrubber to it?

So what happens if the water level in my sump is higher than the water level on my skimmer?

Whats the purpose of the protein skimmer?

i think appropriate sized horses are the answer

Anyone else drink their skimmate? Protein powder is expensive these days, this stuff is free.

5 minute guide. ... 9 minute video. Ummm.ok.

Great info mate, I got one running in my 1000 gallon goldfish pond and it’s doing a great job at removing the ammonia 👍

Poop Soup.

Thanks for the info 👍

Add a zip tie around the Venturi hose at the inlet fitting to greatly reduce salt creep !!!

One important fact that everybody misses is a salt creep clogged Venturi !! This affects all submerged skimmer pumps. Externally mounted motor hob skimmers are less prone to this issue such as reef octopus hob 1000 and 2000 and eshopps hob skimmers .

$500 - $600 for for a pile of plastic and a $20 pump is pathetic....maybe because they are certified by FAA or FDA. lol

Why don't you do a video on the space saver skimmer like the RO 150 super space saver? Thanks

I just changed my skimmer the minute I finished this video! Thanks!

So... is ‘breaking in’ same as tuning it? Doesn’t make sense I thought on a brand new tank to run one until i was told to “Break it in for 6 months.”

Hi guys, great video. I have a new tank and am trying to get my new skimmer to bed in. Trouble is, everything is right down. The pump power setting. The air and the water level. It just constantly produces foam that forces its way out of the lid and overflows. It is at the prescribed water level in the sump. It is also filling my display tank with micro bubbles. HELP!

@BRStv You guys need to create a video on HOB skimmers. A lot of people in the hobby are using AIO, nanos or sumpless tanks and there is no real information beyond "reviews" on equipment such as the "Reef Octopus" 100hb, Tunze, etc where there is no gate valves or ability to raise skimmers in water levels.

Damn thinking all the skimmers I have returned!! After watching this just burst my bubbles.

So I just cycled my tank and started skimming yesterday. I put the first food and fish today. Yesterday I got a nice foam an hour into hooking it up and it went all the way to the top. TODAY its doing the boiling pot thing lol. Does this mean I dont yet have enough organics in the tank ? Anyone please chime in, Thanks!

A couple of tips I use to improve skimmer usage;
1) As part of my weekly skimmer maintenance I fill the silencer with RODI water. This water gets sucked though the venturi and helps get rid of any crusty buildup in the hose/venturi (keeping more consistent air flow and reducing the amount of disassembly/cleaning required).
2) Seems like none of the current skimmers on the market offer a chamber above the collection cup to hold filter carbon (helps reduce the smell of fish poop from the air passing through the collection cup). I glued a short piece of large diameter PVC pipe to the top of the lid to the collection cup and fill the new chamber with filter carbon (place a piece of screen in the bottom of the chamber to keep the carbon from clogging the vent holes or falling through into the collection cup) - makes my skimmer way less stinky to operate!

super !!!  9999 !!!

A perfect explanation of how to understand and adjust a skimmer. It boggles my mind that manufactures won't or can't take the time to explain this in their manuals. Nice job on making the video for the rest of us! Thanks!

Thank you for a clear and detailed explanation! I love the rich vs lean terms and I now know that my skimmer has been running "rich" and why!

I LOVE THE DC PUMP their really good pumps also very silent. i am using aquamaxx cones dcq-3, the pump is so loud and it does clean to much foam coming out sure is hard to adjust sometimes it's good sometimes its needs to be adjusted

Amazing explanation. Who the hell thumbs downed this??

what is that purple coral waving in the aquarium?

Thank you.

Setting water height to lower end of cone helps for me

Am I the only one who who hears a open car door alarm!

Do you start with the water valve or the air valve?

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I was having a hard time getting the right "fuel to air" ratio with my skimmer. Then I looked closer and noticed I had some dried "gunk" in the inlet tube of the muffler. Cleaned it out and waiting to make adjustments. Thank you for the video BRS.

I’m a car guy and him using the “rich vs lean” comparison was freaking perfect.

I love the shot of a fish pooping to demonstrate waste hHahahaha

Learning your skimmer and stick with it, I’m still running my Omega 130 I bought four years ago that took me a good three months to perfect.

Can we have a BRS/WWC Hybrid method tank update? (Reefer 750)

what happened to the BRS 360?