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Good Skimmer-Bad Instructions! by MICHAEL MITCHELL

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 1/1/2009 from EL CAJON, CA UNITED STATES

Comments: I replaced my old Red Sea Berlin Protein Skimmer with the Tunze DOC Protein Skimmer 9015. The Tunze 9015 is now working great and is producing 10 times as much waste as my old Berlin Skimmer. The Tunze fits very nice into my small 20 gallon sump and is relatively quiet. Now the bad part. The instructions really suck! It took a few days to set up the Tunze Skimmer properly with the necessary included parts. The instructions given in English do not translate well from German making the instructions vague and very difficult to understand. Most people are going to install the Tunze 9015 unit into an aquarium sump, however you can install this unit directly into a tank. The instructions on page 35 refer to the "sump" as the "cabinet filter" and the instructions for modifying the unit for the cabinet filter are poor. The three items that are necessary for proper operation are: (1) Install the sleeve below the cover, (2) Insert the output pipe with blue foam sleeve into the cover with sliding unit, (3) Replace the the sliding cover with slots at the bottom of the skimmer with the enclosed cover without slots. Until you do these items the skimmer will not work properly and will be very noisy. For any questions call Roger at Tunze (512) 833-7546, Roger is very helpful. It is very hard to undersatnd how such a good skimmer could have such bad instructions! Good luck...You will like this skimmer once it is installed properly! Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Unsatisfactory

Tunze Is German For Junk by Jmac

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 10/17/2008 from TRENTON, TN UNITED STATES

Comments: I have used this skimmer for about three months. It never produced much skimmate and now it produces none at all. The foam does not even go up the neck to the collection cup. Overpriced junk. I would not recommend this product to my friends.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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Tunze DOC 9015 by MARVIN

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 9/17/2008

Comments: The first few months I was really dissapointed and was seriously thinking about getting another skimmer. Reef Central has awesome customer support for Tunze, after making the adjustments that the rep suggested (i.e. disregard the instructions and fully open the air valve) it works great, pulls about 100ml every day of thick, nasty, black, smelly skim. The collection cup needs to be cleaned about every 3 days or production is cut in about half. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Excellent!

Tunze is great by KURT

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 5/4/2008

Comments: This one is the same as the 9010 with a taller cup to allow you to run more air. It skims on the dry side. I switched over to the foam extraction unit and it can skim much more wet skimmate. I'd recommend getting a 9010 instead and the extractor for about the same price it skims much stronger. Its also a very silent skimmer that requires no fiddling. Vendor support is great on reefcentral! Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent!

Tunze 9015 by D ALMOND

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 10/27/2007 from MESA, AZ UNITED STATES

Comments: I have had a couple of other skimmers and I must say that the Tunze has become my skimmer of choice. Small footprint, excellent skim production, growth capacity (ozone, etc) and the simplest set-up imaginable. You pay a little more, but it is definitely because you are getting your moneys worth. Thank you Tunze for a great design!!! Couple the Tunze with the outstanding customer support that you folks provide and you have the very best experience possible. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent!

Serious Skimming by JOHN MARZICH

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 10/9/2007 from ARROYO GRANDE, CA UNITED STATE

Comments: This is a most advanced unit. 21 watts is incredible! For the power it holds. I did have to take apart because in shipping the venturi came off but all is fine and the unit makes no noise. The skimmate is absolutley the most concentrated I have ever seen. I have used Euroreef,AquaC etc... This is the most efficient design I have seen yet. Worth the extra money! Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Tunze 9015 by Jeff M.

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 8/27/2007 from CHICAGO, IL UNITED STATES

Comments: After a nine day break in the skimmer started to produce a thick white foam with more production everyday. I've had other skimmers, the Tunze seems to be the very simple to operate with only one air adjustment screw, which so far has not needed any adjustment. I would have trouble fitting any other skimmer with this rating in my sump because of size restrictions. The manual is a little vague in terms of putting the skimmer together. So far the skimmer seems to be the perfect skimmer. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Excellent!

Under Rated by DEAN

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 7/26/2007 from UPLAND, CA UNITED STATES

Comments: This is probably the most under-rated skimmer on the market today. Pro: Compact and efficient; fairly quiet Con: Documentation difficult to understand; expensive I've tried Euro-reef 80rs, AquaC 120, AquaC Urchin Pro, and this 9015 pulled out the most stuff with the smallest footprint. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent!

worth every penny! by joe

Comments: no one seems to talk about these, BUT THEYRE AWESOME! replaced my existing skimmer to gain space in my sump in 3 days it pulled out some of the nastiest looking skimmate i ever seen!! Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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