Pico skimmer

[toky916]

Wooden or ceramic air stone will make micro bubbles. Lees stone hit refine and lowest price on eBay but check others online.

 

[edward1096]

That's nice of you! Definitely some kind of wooden airstone for maximum diffusion. Not really sure what kind specifically though.

 

[toky916]

Ceramic would be the best but there new not sure where to get them.

 

[edward1096]

From what I've been reading online wooden diffusers create finer bubbles than ceramic ones. Trying to replicate the mame skimmer. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kWcPTkqShXs

 

[cflow]

I picked up a few wooden air stones on eBay. The skimmer main body came today. I put one next to a normal corona for scale. I could also modify a corona bottle.

 

[edward1096]

I like the test tubes look sleek [emoji1305]

 

[cflow]

Just about everything came today. Who has a rimless tank? Mine is going on an 8 gallon ada cube so the glass is about 1/4" thick. I just need to know how big of a curve to put on the positioning rod.

 

[edward1096]

My cadlight 4g is rimless. It's 5mm starfire glass

 

[edward1096]

Post a picture after you make your first prototype!

 

[toky916]

Rimless IM fusion 20 here

 

[cflow]

So, after destroying a couple of the test tubes I thought of a few things that might make this a lot better and easier. Please give me your input as far as the general design and ideas to mount this skimmer. The less glass I have to bend, the easier it will be. I made some generic pictures from my paint program on my home pc. I am not a computer graphic person, so bare with me.

 

[toky916]

Hybrid and magnet or suction cup. Magnets are better long term and will not fall off.

 

[cflow]

That's exactly what I was thinking. I would just have to find a way to melt the glass down into a small shape then place the magnets into the molten glass. The suction cup idea would just be so easy. After getting a lilypipe output that relys on a suction cup, I actually don't mind it. It justs fades into the tank like any other glass.

 

[toky916]

You could use sealed magnets and just use some epoxy to hold it.

 

[edward1096]

Either magnets or suction cups would be nice. I also like either option C and B.