Upgraded skimmer
With not being able to fit the shorty inside the cabinet and being able to lift off the cup, Aqua Medic have just released a new model skimmer that sits between the 1000 model I currently have and the shorty. It's called the ' turboflotor blue 3000 '. The design is a little different from a cylindrical acrylic tube because it has a built in bubble trap at the front of the skimmer, another thing that may seem odd is the colour. Instead of the black/clear we have become used to this is blue/clear acrylic. It comes with all pipework which are push fittings and an OR3500 feed pump, it only runs from the one pump. It has a very good dial adjustment to raise the level in the cone in minute adjustments if required. Its also a hang on if you've not got a sump but it is fairly large and ~2ft tall x 10in x 7in for the body alone. The cup holds around 2ltrs of skimmate but their are drain holes on the cup, which are screw fittings.
The following picture shows all of the pipework etc. that is supplied when built. The outlet uses standard 40mm pipe. To give an idea of size the round part of the cup is the size of a deltec apf600 cup but with the square extension section added this is huge.
This picture is the unit straight from the box.
Here it is installed in the sump, it's just got to bed in a little now.
