show me your skimmers!!!!!!

APF600 air at 12 o clock

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Heres my DIY skimmer,
8" Dia x 24" reaction chamber, fed downdraft with a gen-x, and using an Ocean runner 3700 for recirculation. a venturi from a Sedra 9000, and a hartford loop for adjustment.

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My high tech waste contaner after one week.

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That is about the darkest nastiest skimmate I have ever seen. I am going to have to request more pics.
 
Deltec Mce600 Hangon in action

Deltec Mce600 Hangon in action

Here is my hangon deltec in action

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Here is a week full of nog from my 55 gallon> anybody want some left over gravy?? LOL

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A buddy of mine said he will down a shot of skimmate from my reef for $50. If he does, I'll videotape it and post it up. :hammer:
 
ok well my new camera came today so here are a few pics of the skimmer
the top of the 16" tall 4" dia neck
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the base of the neck
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a full skimmer shot, over 6' tall
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collection cup shot after 2 days cleaning, this is skimming wet with about 1 1/2-2gal skimmate a day
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bubble density at 3' down
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bubble density at 5' down
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all this with a 35w air pump
 
Here is my latest diy project. CC skimmer w/6 9" sweetwater 2 airstones and a whitewater linear piston 1.5 air pump fed by a mag 3 throttled back to about 120 gph.

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Do any of you guys have DIY pages for the Skimmers you have made?

Also, I will post my skimmer as soon as my tank is set up and starting to skim.

I brought a 125 Clean Up Venturi Won Brothers, even tho it was cheap, I am willing to try it.
 
Go Hooter Go said:


Also, I will post my skimmer as soon as my tank is set up and starting to skim.

I brought a 125 Clean Up Venturi Won Brothers, even tho it was cheap, I am willing to try it.

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is this the one? if so you wont have it long, this was a complete waste of money, time and energy on this skimer, for me anyway. GL with it you will need it.
 
need help with ts150 trigger sys skimmer

need help with ts150 trigger sys skimmer

Hi, Need to know how to adjust a beckett skimmer . thanks
 
Pic of my MR-2 on a PCX 40.

Skimmate pics are a week old in the making :D

Just stuck my hand and some Nori in the tank, so the skimmer is adjusting.

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This DIY Waste collector has been dumped 3 times this week, with about the same amount of skimmate.

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