Mazzei Injector Protein Skimmer

[johnr893]

johnr893

johnr893

I have a skimmer my brother in law gave me with a sump he used on a 125 gal, I cant find any manufacture on the skimmer but it has a mazzel venturi the skimmer is 30" tall and 6"diam. anyone have any ideal what kind of skimmer it is? Or what it would be valued at. He had it custom built in the 90s and spent about 10,000.00 on complete setup.
thanks John

 

[Rarewon]

Maybe,

http://www.lifereef.com/venturi.html

 

[karimwassef]

Make your own. I did.

<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/32E0B442-C949-4CE5-B0C1-5FF9C353E0A9_zpshuoz8y0d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/32E0B442-C949-4CE5-B0C1-5FF9C353E0A9_zpshuoz8y0d.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 32E0B442-C949-4CE5-B0C1-5FF9C353E0A9_zpshuoz8y0d.jpg"/></a>

It is 12ft tall though so I needed at least a 1" injector inside a 2" PVC housing. And two of them at that.

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Closeup

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[karimwassef]

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dmvs2wrmPro" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

but be ready for the drawbacks of this super efficiency... It generates a lot of thick gunk and dark export fluid

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Here is the head when dirty

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Needed a flash photo to show it properly

<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/8A2B6C5D-5712-4ED0-A985-525A255EB4EE_zpsu84ucdix.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/8A2B6C5D-5712-4ED0-A985-525A255EB4EE_zpsu84ucdix.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 8A2B6C5D-5712-4ED0-A985-525A255EB4EE_zpsu84ucdix.jpg"/></a>

and clean:

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My next DIY is a head cleaner ...

 

[karimwassef]

Here it is after 24hrs in service - well, except for 6hrs at night.

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[biecacka]

Those look like someone's clogged arteries or intestines! :lol:
Looks good man, it is pulling some serious crud.


Corey

 

[karimwassef]

Actually... Looks more like a clogged digestive system ... Yuchhh

It exports liquid and solid waste through two collection stages. It's literally like a pet.

These DIY injectors are superior in fractionation...