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Instructions
1) Acrylic Mount Installation
The Reef Glass skimmer mount was designed to fit most
rimless and rimmed tanks (or sumps). For rimless tanks, you
should insert the plastic screw in the hole that is located on the
back of the mount, from the back of the tank (Figure 1). For
rimmed tanks, the hole on the front of the mount should be
used, and screwed from inside the tank. For rimmed tanks,
you may have to cut the length of the screw. Do not overbend
the mount or overtight the screw.
Figure 1 - Mount with screw inserted for a rimless tank
2) Assembling the Rubber Stopper
The rubber stopper has two holes: an air inlet and a drain. The
rubber stopper comes pre-assembled out-of-the-box for your
convenience, with the exception of the air valve, which must
be inserted in the air inlet hole on the top of the rubber
stopper. It should look as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 – Rubber Stopper with air valve and drain elbow
3) Glass Skimmer Body Installation
Slide the skimmer body through the O-ring and into the mount
from the top. The O-ring holds the skimmer body in place,
allowing you to adjust its height. We recommend that you
begin placing the skimmer approximately 3.5” from the water
line to the top of the glass, as shown in Figure 3.
Insert the rubber stopper through the top of the skimmer
body, making sure that there is a tight seal.
Figure 3 – Skimmer body height
4) Drain Hose Installation
The Reef Glass skimmer comes with 4’ of flexible tubing, which
can be used as a drain hose to transport the skimmate to your
waste container. Connect one end of the tubing to the drain
elbow connector as shown in Figure 4. The other end goes into
your waste container. Cut the length of the tubing so that it
comfortably reaches the waste container without loops or
bends.
Figure 4 - Drain flexible tubing
