Tunze Protein Skimmer 9010

[Eudaceous]

Connected the Tunze to the mains. First ten minutes of firing, Have already adjusted the nozzle to 1/2 air intake. White Candy floss rising . Yi pee finally. Buble size big abot 0.5-0.8 mm

[Eudaceous]

Closer 15 minutes after

[Eudaceous]

42 minutes after firing. By this time I have connected the 9010 to my Ozonizer. See black cable next to the blue nut. Blue nut controls air/water mixture.

[Eudaceous]

Closeup of my Haliea Ozonizer set at 25 mg. and the Tunze at about 45 minutes. Foam goes up and down...now I can see very tiny bubbles below the larger ones.. All in all .0.1mm, 0.2mm and larger ones 0.7, 0.8

[Eudaceous]

I wanted to install an AVI movie clip to show you the tunze in actionm however this forum wouln not enable me to do so. I will come back an dupdate the Tunze 9010 skimming capapbilities further. As off now 3.42 pm and oafter about 2 hours of firing things look pretty good. BTW how do you convert AVI to mpg format?

Hope the review helps so far. (My prata above...)

[zorden]

Why not upload the avi file some other server than paste the link here.

[Tigger]

seems like this skimmer breaks in quite fast. looks like a good skimmer. rated for how many litlres?

[somebody]

the results looks great to me, not to mention that its pretty compact too. =)

[aquabeAnz]

seems like this skimmer breaks in quite fast. looks like a good skimmer. rated for how many litlres?

Recommended for aquariums up to 1,000 l (264 US gal.) of salt water.

Dimentions: L125 X W113 x H418 mm (L4.9 x W4.4 x H16.8 in.)

Pump wattage: 21 W

Voltage / Frequency: 230 V / 50 Hz

Water throughput: 1,200 l/h (317 US gal./h); air capacity: 650 l/h (171 US gal./h); skimmer cup volume: .7 l (.18 US gal.)

Looks gd to me too... more pics more pics...

actually i oso have tunze lobang hehehe

[dreamzcape]

yeah it does look pretty good...would like to see how this one is coz may use a 9002 for my nano so would like to see their technology first

[zephyros]

cool 1 question, i dun see a pump to take in water? so where is the

water intake?

[Eudaceous]

Hi,

The tunze pump is built into the form factor. It is 21 W and very solidly built at the base of the skimmer.

[ReDDeviLs]

foams looking good!

[Tigger]

Can this skimmer tune so that the water level become higher?

[Eudaceous]

6 hours after firing, I realised I made a mistake in identifyinh the 9010 nipples. Yes there are two nipple apparently. One small, and one large. The large nipple is meant for air intake while the Ozone should go in at the small nipple at the back. I have rerouted the Ozone to the smaller nipple. Also according to the manual, 1 mg of Ozone per 100l, so that makes my tank 640 l = 6.4 mg. This I have adjusted accordingly.

[Eudaceous]

The blue nipple is meant to control water level too. If I allow more air, the foam level drops. Also I dont think there will be dark skimmate cos I am using Ozone. Anyway we will see anyway. Attack is the closest I can get from my Canon g-5 at macro nightmode. I hope you can see the bubbles. All in all it ranges from 2 to 7 mm.. Bigger bubbles at the top.

[Melvyn Tan]

Looks good...

[dreamzcape]

Not trying to hijack, Eudaceous, but just would like people anxious for this review to know that i did something searching at RC(was searching for potential next skimmer the tunze 9002) and apparently it replaces their old series and which was very well received.One post even went as far as to comment that it 'crushes' the Remora.

Eud's model being a big brother to the 9002 i'm sure we're gonna be seeing some good stuff here.

[Blenny]

More pics and updates please

[zephyros]

can the water output from the skimmer be re-direct to another

compartment in the sump? Is there acc for it?

[Gouldian]

Great Review! Thanks for the efforts!

[dreamzcape]

I really can't wait to see the skimmate(although as they say, skimmate colour doesn't matter but still excited)

Anyway Eudaceous, just thought should let you know, was reading on ozone last night and apparently overdosing will cause much reduction in skimmate. Not sure if you read about this before already but just thought that should mention just in case

All the best on the new toy!

[Eudaceous]

Hi All,

Thanks for the feedback and interest shown in this topic. Me not making any commission at all from this. Just thought I want to let the smaller guys with smaller budget know that we can get good stuff without breaking our wallets.

Anyway I have been using Ozone for a while so I understand the impact of this gas on skimmate. What I like about Ozone is that it helps corals from contracting RTN (Rapid Tissue Necrosis). Yes it also significantly dissolves (DOC) and this reduces the Kopi-O colour o fthe skimmate.

Its been close to 24 hours and I have feed my fishes and corals (Brine shrips, Henry's food and F2 pelllets for my Tangs)..DOnt worry I am not overdosing them. All these given in small amounts. And the skimmate you see below is really magnificent.

[Eudaceous]

23 hours mark and still counting. BTW the breaking in period for the Tunze 9010 is anything from 3 days till 2 weeks, according to the manual. This is only 24 hours..I am quite positive that this is 'the skimmer' for low budget reefers who wants high performance. I am hoping it could rival the Deltec APF600. If you are using it, can you give a comparison based on 24 hours of skimming? Thanks

[Eudaceous]

Last Pic for the day!