What skimmer to get?

[acidlittle]

I want to get a new skimmer, but it's looking like ti will have to be in external skimmer as my sump is kinda small and being used as a fuge.

So I was looking if anybody had some creative ideas to get a new skimmer that could be used externally, or ideas to create a rubermaid tub and somehow plumb it into my main 75gal system...

Any and all ideas would be great...
Thanks
Josh

 

[Nykademus]

There is a good thread in the DIY section about using a 5 gallon water jug to make a skimmer. You would probably need 2 of those jugs to make 1 skimmer.

 

[acidlittle]

I'm not very DIY handy, due to no free time and a lack of brain cells...

 

[acidlittle]

Would the Octopus NW 150 be sufficient for my tank, and also what the heck is a recirculating skimmer actually supposed to do?

 

[Covey]

The nw 150 would be fine.

Recirc skimmer increase contact time. Two indentically spec'd skimmer, body size, pump, etc. you can except better production out of the recirc.

 

[llebcire]

Re: What skimmer to get?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9249490#post9249490 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acidlittle
... or ideas to create a rubermaid tub and somehow plumb it into my main 75gal system...

Any and all ideas would be great...
Thanks
Josh

How's your current setup/space/etc. for a rubbermaid?

 

[acidlittle]

I have a rubbermaid that would sit behind my 75. I could make a stool for it, or whatever, I could maybe even talk my dad into letting me plumb it into his 100 gal horse trough....the possibilites are endless...

 

[Double-J]

Here ya go... Might over skim the tank a little It holds almost 75 gallons so it could serve as another tank. lol Sory had to show off my new toy

<img src="http://www.shallowreef.com/display_image.php?id=220">

 

[leeweber85]

man thats sick! It's bigger than most water heaters

 

[waverz]

Damn, JJ....it's....sooo big!

 

[bgreenlee]

That things makes me fill inadequate.

 

[slovan]

Oh come on guys! You act as if you've never seen a 6ft. tall skimmer on a home reef tank before. :lol: That thing is so big it's not even funny. The collection cup alone will easily hold a case.

 

[glaspie69]

LOL I don't think I could afford the shipping for that thing, much less the skimmer.......and to think I thought my NW-200 was a big skimmer

 

[Double-J]

The cool thing is Spazz lives close, he drove it to me and installed it, tell me thats not customer service!

 

[slovan]

That's not customer service, he didn't want you to screw it up so he had to do it himself! :lol: J/K man! You could've done it yourself....sooner or later.

 

[bgreenlee]

I can see I need to make another trip to Des Moines to check out your system.

 

[Covey]

Spazz have a web site yet?

I didn't know the skimmers had a company name yet.

You got to start a thread for that.

 

[Covey]

Here is the cool thing how many watts total is that 6 foot tall skimmer pulling?

 

[Double-J]

I havn't put my meter on it yet but NYVP said his pulls about 185w. Also I just added a section on my webpage going into detail about the skimmer

http://www.shallowreef.com/380gal.php?active=Volcano Skimmer

Anyways sorry for hijacking the thread acidlittle.... The 150NW skimmer is awesome infact it was running my tank for 3 months while I was waiting for this thing to be build. I just sold it along with my 60 gallon cube but I plan on buying another one for my prop tank when I spererate the systems.

 

[bgreenlee]

Just to show scale, maybe you could stack your children in there to show how large it is