All BK Owners please look.....

[nbd13]

Hey guys,

I would like to ask all the BK owners a couple questions to get a better feel for how much skimmate i should be expecting.

1. What size BK do you have and on what size tank?

2. Is you bioload, low, medium, or high in your opinion?

3 Internal or External

4 Are you skimming 'wet' or 'dry'

5 How much skimmate do you get in 1 day? I mean how full is the cup, ie. 1/2 way full, 1/3 way full, or you could measure the amount of skimmate out, like 1 cup, 2 cups, and so on.....

6 How often do you clean your collection cup/neck?

I want to figure out if i am running my skimmer too 'wet', i mean i have to empty the collection cup about every 1 1/2 days to 2 days or it will overflow... Its a 300 internal and i am just wondering based on other peoples experiences if i should tune my BK to skim alittle more 'dry'....

So i would like to get some feed back from other BK owners and base my decesion off some first hand experience.

thanks guys....

Nick

[CAReefer]

Nick, I am still "tweeking" mine and set it to skim pretty wet right now. I have 340 net gallons, a 300 internal with a light/moderate bio load. I am taking out ~2 qts every day. It is pretty light colored, weak tea. I have also been blowing and scrubbing my LR every day to get rid of the brown plating algae. I will aim for strong tea/weak coffee when I get ready to settle it into maintenance mode.

HTH
Marshal

[moonpod]

1. What size BK do you have and on what size tank?

BK 400ext on a 450g tank with say 100 in the sump

2. Is you bioload, low, medium, or high in your opinion?

my fish load is excessive

3 Internal or External

external

4 Are you skimming 'wet' or 'dry'

pretty dry actually

5 How much skimmate do you get in 1 day? I mean how full is the cup, ie. 1/2 way full, 1/3 way full, or you could measure the amount of skimmate out, like 1 cup, 2 cups, and so on.....

I have no idea. I have it plumbed to a drain

6 How often do you clean your collection cup/neck?

never. I turn the thing super wet for a little while, let the foam wash the neck and lid. I spray some of my water change water through the cup to clean the cup

[G.Alexander]

1. BK 300 – Tank size around 320 gallons.
2. Heavy stocked with SPS ~ 40 fish
3. External
4. Wet skimming
5. Depends to the dosage of ZeoBac, ordinary around 350 - 400 ml per day.
6. Normally every third day

G.Alexander

[steffen]

1.BK 200-Tank size 175 gallons.
2.SPS & LPS
3.Internal
4.Wet skimming
5.I use the BK since 4 weeks and the 1st.week a have 1 cup..
now since 1 week is it half cup...once more once less
6.Empties daily and cleaning the cup 2*week


reg.
Ste

[Orion76]

1. What size BK do you have and on what size tank?

BK300 on a 400 gallon tank

2. Is you bioload, low, medium, or high in your opinion?

low

3 Internal or External

internal

4 Are you skimming 'wet' or 'dry'

As wet as possible, I pull out enough water for the replacement water to suffice as my water change schedule

5 How much skimmate do you get in 1 day? I mean how full is the cup, ie. 1/2 way full, 1/3 way full, or you could measure the amount of skimmate out, like 1 cup, 2 cups, and so on.....

Varies from day to day, at least 1/4th at the most completely full

6 How often do you clean your collection cup/neck?

Daily or every other day, I try to run it in a way so that no sludge builds up inside the neck but I always rinse it when I empty the cup

[mshur]

1. bk-250-tank 150g
2.sps with ~10 fish
3. internal
4. wet,wet,wet
5.no idea))
6.every 3rd day

[GTR]

1. bk-300-tank 350g
2. mixed with low fish load
3. internal
4. I'd say wet
5. 1/7th collection cup
6. weekly

My goal is to empty and clean once per week. At times I have to dump the bucket but I only remove and clean the collection bucket every Friday.

SteveU

[jwaltman21]

Hey guys,

I would like to ask all the BK owners a couple questions to get a better feel for how much skimmate i should be expecting.

1. What size BK do you have and on what size tank?

BK 250 Ext; 120 gal net 180 system

2. Is you bioload, low, medium, or high in your opinion?

LIght

3 Internal or External

EXT

4 Are you skimming 'wet' or 'dry'

WET

5 How much skimmate do you get in 1 day? I mean how full is the cup, ie. 1/2 way full, 1/3 way full, or you could measure the amount of skimmate out, like 1 cup, 2 cups, and so on.....

1/4 cup / day light tea

6 How often do you clean your collection cup/neck?

once per week

- Jamie

[Pikeman]

1. BK 250 Int on net 200 gal system

2. low

3 Internal

4 wet

5 Although I'm still in the break-in mode, I'm getting about 1 1/2 to 2 cups a day of vegetable oil colored skimmate.

6 once per week

Jeff

[Travis]

1. BK 400 on 280 gallon tank
2. moderate
3. internal
4. wet
5. depends on my mood, on average I have it set to pull about 1.5 gallons per day
6. every other week

[CAReefer]

One thing I noticed with mine Nick, If possible, have the water in the sump at about 9". I raised mine from 7" and noticed a marked improvement in skimming.

Marshal

[nbd13]

Thanks Marshal,

It's about 8.5-9" right now, i set it so the skimmate isnt so clear like weak tea. I set it so its like medium to dark tea, still 'wet' but not as wet as i was running.

Nick