DIY - Skimmer
- Thread starter Boostable
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I new you where going to tell me that.. hey it doesn't hurt to ask right?
I have one other hang up and that is the space. I don't think I have the space for a 12"
under my tank.
About all I have in the sump is 13 x 11 with a little off to the side. Even less outside the sump.
I have one other hang up and that is the space. I don't think I have the space for a 12"
under my tank. About all I have in the sump is 13 x 11 with a little off to the side. Even less outside the sump.
spazz
New member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7127262#post7127262 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Boostable
I new you where going to tell me that.. hey it doesn't hurt to ask right?
I have one other hang up and that is the space. I don't think I have the space for a 12"
About all I have in the sump is 13 x 11 with a little off to the side. Even less outside the sump.
well take this for what its worth. but if that was my tank i would get rid of other equiptment like refugiums or reactors to make space for my sikmmer. when i set up my 120 the first piece of equiptment that was plumed in was the skimmer then the sump and then the ca reactor. after that its a toss up as to the other equiptment that i added in there. the skimmer is the most improtant piece of equiptment on any salt water tank over 55g. the entire tank depends on that one piece of equiptment. you can get away with less lighting, less flow, but not less skimming. the sump on my 120 was designed so i could have a bigger skimmer on the system. i have no fuge and wouldnt ever have one. unless you have 4 times as big of a fuge as your system it dont do enough good. i think you understand my thoughts and ideas on this subject. i learned the hard way. no i try to help other people with this so they dont suffer for 3 years with the same problems i had. i spent thousands of dollars on equiptment trying to get my tank to look nice. in the end the skimmer was the problem. that was the last thing i fixed before i tore it down.now its the very first thing i concentrate on when setting up a new tank.
this summer i will be starting my new 300g tank. when you see pics of it you will see the skimmer uder the stand first. then the rest of the suport equiptment will be added in after that. this includes the sump.
hope this helps you and in the end im sure you will have a very nice system. you are researching this alot and that will end up helping you decide on the proper size skimmer in the end.
good luck! spazz
MORAY
Premium Member
OMG Jack, I can't believe we have another member who's initials are JW! It must be the mark of genus! I think Spazz is right with the recirculating and if you want to see the one I built just let me know. I did a 9" with 2 pumps and I might make some more to see how much better I can get it. Honestly, I learned quite a bit from reading some of Spazz's threads in the DIY forum.
MORAY
Premium Member
I posted some on o-r-c-a.com http://www.o-r-c-a.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=31
I've changed some things around since this picm but it gives you the basic idea. Here's a pic of the base
http://tankraisedcorals.com/skimmer.jpg
I've changed some things around since this picm but it gives you the basic idea. Here's a pic of the base
http://tankraisedcorals.com/skimmer.jpg
MORAY
Premium Member
Well, I wasn't trying to make mine compact because I have a really big sump right now. Mine needs about 24" x 20", but there are things that can be rearranged to make it more compact. Mainly the way I mounted my pumps is the biggest area for improvement on size. The great thing about building your own is you can work around the limitations you face. Check out the Euroreef site to get an idea what they are doing as well as the other DIY threads. There are a bunch of DIY threads with good info but it's very time consuming. I do have some other ideas I'm going to play with over time to see if I can make it better. Like anything there's always after thoughts.
One thing I'll tell you upfront is this will take quite a bit more time than your sump project. But, if you enjoy it then it doesn't doesn't matter.
One thing I'll tell you upfront is this will take quite a bit more time than your sump project. But, if you enjoy it then it doesn't doesn't matter.
cschweitzer
New member
My remora pro is boxed and it's efficieny is better than all of the other ones I have, all the others being rounded. Maybe internally it is rounded, but when I think about the design, I don't think it is. I'll check when I get home.
