The Bucket/beckett Skimmer

[fishfood2581]

MAk4 is a genX mak4 or now known as a pcx40 extranal pump

The injector is a beckett injector

 

[AnnArborBuck]

There is a pump called MAK 4, it is a pump with good head pressure, much better suited for a becket then a mag would be.

Here is a diagram of a hartford loop thanks to Snailman

Hartford Loop

You use the height of the pipe to determine the height of the water in the skimmer instead of a valve. It is very cheap, takes up very little floor space, and is easy to adjust.

 

[Isayso]

There is a pump called MAK 4, it is a pump with good head pressure, much better suited for a becket then a mag would be.

Here is a diagram of a hartford loop thanks to Snailman

Hartford Loop

You use the height of the pipe to determine the height of the water in the skimmer instead of a valve. It is very cheap, takes up very little floor space, and is easy to adjust.

thanks for the info ..
but how precise is it??

 

[AnnArborBuck]

It is just as precise , and maybe even more so, then as a gate valve IMHO. Definetly more precise then a ball valve could ever be.

With this system you are not restricting the flow the flow at all though the skimmer, so what goes in goes out. With a valve regulating the flow you are depending on having a constant flow into the skimmer.

 

[H20ENG]

...and if a piece of crap ever clogs that restricted valve, your skimmate cup will become a skimmate fountain onto your carpet!:O

 

[Isayso]

this is definatly something to consider on the next my DIY project

PS: the skimmer works good ..now I want change that ballvalve and install a gate valve to have a precise tuning

 

[brentp]

I tried the same thing but with a venturi. Sadly, it didn't pack enough umph for that big old bucket. I have a becket somewhere, I may have to give it a try sometime...

 

[spuzio]

I also created a bucket skimmer, however, i made it using a sedra9000 that was plumbed to be recirculating. However, i am also getting the same burping because of the flat surface from the lid of the bucket. I am looking to see if I can form it through heating to give it a more dome shape!

 

[Isayso]

I will post more pics ...now that the skimmer had the break in time its working great the burping is less
I kept the water below the lid and after a couple of days ...when the foam accumulated under it ,started to go up the raiser..its a dry foam today I'm going to raise the water a bit to get some wettish one,
AGAIN this Skimmer is installed on a bin with 150 LBS of live rocks,this LR have been in the bin for three months now .no fish bioload or other,just the rocks bacteria and some other worms.. and I should say that it is not too bad


By the way which pump do you suggest?
Ocean runner or sedra???

 

[paulpp187]

i just bought some foam jets but have no idea how to make the housing around it does anybody have any info fore me i gotta try to build one

 

[ItsMee]

....to give it a more dome shape!

How about using one of those 5 gallon water jugs that go on on top of those water dispenser things?

 

[AnnArborBuck]

Any updates Isayso?

 

[stugray]

How's this for a solution?

Mine doesnt "burp" and the lid is not air tight ( it has a hole for bubble observation ).

The rest of the thread is at:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=720087

Stu

 

[Carl_in_Florida]

Holy thread resurrection

 

[Isayso]

that is a really good idea to use the top of a water jug.....
if I have time I want to install one too and see if there is any difference
good job

 

[kellymm7149]

blah blah blah oh Yoda Yoda Yoda Beckett's s---k period that's why they quit making em and I'm not talking about scum holy thread resurrection Mr my reef man there gonna bring us back as a sequel with a new and improved Leakey housing preciously boy blunder then we can continue to make money on unsuspecting citizens

 

[HippieSmell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6725219#post6725219 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kellymm7149
blah blah blah oh Yoda Yoda Yoda Beckett's s---k period that's why they quit making em and I'm not talking about scum holy thread resurrection Mr my reef man there gonna bring us back as a sequel with a new and improved Leakey housing preciously boy blunder then we can continue to make money on unsuspecting citizens

Interesting...:hmm2:

 

[kellymm7149]

to say the least

 

[Ereefic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6725219#post6725219 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kellymm7149
blah blah blah oh Yoda Yoda Yoda Beckett's s---k period that's why they quit making em and I'm not talking about scum holy thread resurrection Mr my reef man there gonna bring us back as a sequel with a new and improved Leakey housing preciously boy blunder then we can continue to make money on unsuspecting citizens

Can you put this in english please?

 

[glassbox-design]

Beckets do suck, alot of air and inject it into the water.

Not the most efficient, but probably the most powerful method of skimming.

eric&flint