New toy

[ronc98]

After much success with my 8 " x 36" recirc skimmer I wanted to build a nicer one out of clear acrylic. Here is my 12" x 28" dual recirc needwheel skimmer.

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A 190 worth of pumps and 20 dollars worth of bulkheads and about 4 hours of work.

 

[steve68]

Sweet !!
those pumps will get u.
did u use bulkheaks on the tube? or are they uniseals?

 

[ronc98]

Bulkheads. I have some low durometer silicone that I used for the seals. This thing should really pull the crap out of the water.

 

[douggiestyle]

how does this thing operate?

 

[areze]

where does the water get in through?

 

[tabndust]

any pics of it running yet

 

[ronc98]

I am not plugging it into my tank until tomorrow so I will post some pics then. Water intake is at one of the recirc intakes. This helps reduce the amount of turbuence from the water intake. I am still have to make a difuser manifold for the water out. I might do that later this evening.

 

[rivdog]

so you are using standard bulkheads with no mods except silicone orings?

 

[ronc98]

Just bulkheads. the silicone seals are 0.5 inch wide. more like a donute. I do not have to worry about leaking since this sits on top of my sump so all the water is contained. I leaked tested it and it is fine. the Silicone seals work very well.

 

[sm fragman]

what pumps did you use for this skimmer? looks very nice ,thinking of doing one my self ,every time i see some one make one it get the jiuces flowing ,,lol

 

[ronc98]

I used two sedar 5000. Was going to use oceanrunners since they are cheaper but they are hard to get now. I like these better because they are smaller. I only have lenghts of 12 inch tubing so I had to glue two together to get my height.

 

[sm fragman]

what do you think should i go wiht the sedra like you the 5000 or i was thinking of this pump that premium aquatics has it is a little less expencive GX2400 40 WATTS 635GPH little more power to it as well ,,thanks for your help

 

[ronc98]

The original plan was to use oceanrunners since you can not find them I choose the sedra over the GSX because I used it before and liked it. I have not see a GSX. It is a little cheaper but that is all I know.