show me your skimmers!!!!!!

[marineaquariums]

my square design works great i modified it a little here is a new pic

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=180931&papass=&sort=1&thecat=

it is 6 inces wide 12 ince long 2 foot with cup i use a mag 7 and use a injector at the inlet of the pump
just look at the bubbles in the cyclinder at the top imagen whats in the bottom
and yae it works great its all about contact time nothing else nothing fancy

 

[jpatrician]

Here is my 6' Monster. MTC Power Pro Quad IV Skimmer.
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[marineaquariums]

are u nuts or is it just me

 

[jpatrician]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7976790#post7976790 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marineaquariums
are u nuts or is it just me

Maybe just a little...your signature says it all.

 

[djtodd]

You know, I used to wonder how much better an expensive German skimmer could really possibly be over a domestic model. Well, here's my answer.

3 days of nog:

<img src="http://www.synthetic.org/lj/hs/hs3.jpg">

 

[Roland Jacques]

Octopus NW-200 (a little modifide)
Oops,
My skimmate was very wet, oil residue from the skimmer, oil residue from sanding, filing, bugs in sump... I used poly filter and it dried out my foam, Good right? I like my foam a little on the wet side, so I raised my water level a little and left the house. Got back hour later and all my skimmate was overflowing back into the system, 3/4" of fairly med dark skimmate all went back into the system , I guess about a cup and a half.

So I was now in a good position to really test this skimmer. So FWIW. I cleaned the cup lowered the water level and got the skimmer going. 10 minutes it recouped 1/4"skimmate, 30 minutes little less than a 1/2", 3 hours just about 3/4" of skimate was in the cup.

This is what my bubbles looked like before the poly filter (not my photo)

2 mintites after poly filter and lowering the water level 2 times

24 hours after poly filter dry foam. right before i over adjusted the skimmer and dumped all tha back into the system

cleaned cup, started skimming. adjusted down to 16scfh, 180 gallon system

pointing at the water level i did raise it in that 3 hours (10 minites into skimming

about 1 hour into skimming, more than "75% recovered"

12 hours later more than 100% recoved, very light bio load. funny thing is the skimmateis darker than before. got to love those poly filters

 

[sjm817]

Poly Filter will make a skimmer go crazy. I ran one for a little while and rinsed it thoroughly before use or else my skimmer would overflow

 

[Roland Jacques]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7980855#post7980855 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sjm817
Poly Filter will make a skimmer go crazy. I ran one for a little while and rinsed it thoroughly before use or else my skimmer would overflow

Good tip, I'll be rincing those form now on. They sure pulls the residual oil out of the water. The overflow from my poor adjustment and the cleaned cup photo, was 48 hours after 1 poly was added. i think the first reaction stuff was over by then.

 

[clkwrk]

Here are some better pics of Fligers custom a200-1260

Here is day one after a good cup cleaning .

2nd day

3day skimmer was set for a wetter skim as I notice my skimate was a bit dark

and I clean the cup 8hrs after the last pic. This is day one all over again . This time set alittle wetter than the previous 3 days

and here is a neck shot

 

[fishdoc11]

Well here is my contribution to keep this going. Newly extended MR2...one beckett driven with a GenX pcx55. The 6" riser is entirely filled with tiny bubbles

Not running it as wet as I used to. This is about an hour after cleaning:

Chris

 

[outy]

ER rs6-1
recirc modded
cup drain modded
gate valve modded
rojac gg needlewheel modded

 

[jayybird]

 

[zapata41]

there ya go

nice skimmer
specs please

Tim

 

[jayybird]

Thanks no matter how many times I try to post a pic it posts the link. It is a dart needlewheel 6ft high 12inch reaction chamber alita al40 air pump.

 

[jayybird]

It also has a bk style diffuser plate.

 

[zapata41]

man i need to build one of those now, wanna pm me a parts list, and a source for a NW

Tim

 

[Giray GÃœN]

Only 24 hours skimmate for my schuran 120

 

[mta]

Is that Schuran a beckett skimmer?

 

[Giray GÃœN]

Ye its schuran jetskim 120

 

[mta]

Nice!!