Reef Sanctuary - View Single Post - here i go again... protein skimmer time!

We just built a similar system using 4" pvc, a home-made basswood stone, and the unit is 4 feet tall.

We are just finishing tweaking it. It's working very well, collecting 2 quarts of quite green skimmate every day, off our 210 gallon tank. We're very satisfied. It's low tech, but IMHO, that's a good thing.

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Lucy

Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium.
10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs
400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs
500 watt MH 4 hrs
180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB.

Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens.

Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam

Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

02-06-2007, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: here i go again... protein skimmer time! We just built a similar system using 4" pvc, a home-made basswood stone, and the unit is 4 feet tall. We are just finishing tweaking it. It's working very well, collecting 2 quarts of quite green skimmate every day, off our 210 gallon tank. We're very satisfied. It's low tech, but IMHO, that's a good thing. __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.