Re: orca uv is it working????
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I agree that the skimmer on the orca is rubbish but the system itself functions rather well. I've never had any mechanical problems with the heater, lighting, or stock pump.
Apparently, to use the skimmer on the orca, you have to set your water level pretty low... i dont like doing that, i dont want to see the surface through the glass.
I took the skimmer box out and run it with skimmer off.
Take out the factory sponge, put a poly filter against the inlet vents and stuff filter wool behind the poly filter. Use some seachem puigen in a seachem "the bag" in the last filter compartment and you'll have everything you need to be pretty much skimmer-less with the orca... change a bucket of water once a week.
Safety tip 1: Water + Electricty = ZAP