Looking for DIY skimmer

naperenterprise · 02-27-2008, 07:03 AM

Anyone build DIY skimmers cheap?
I need a BIG one!

coppessfam · 03-03-2008, 08:12 AM

Sorry I was thinking overflow skimmer. Until I saw your other thread. Good luck with that monster.

Triggerjay · 03-03-2008, 08:56 AM

There is a guy in Kansas City (I think) that builds deltec knock offs.. I will see if I can find you a URL....

Jason

Triggerjay · 03-03-2008, 09:02 AM

Aquatic Systems Design, Inc.

Here ya go! He has more skimmers on his site too.. Pretty cheap considering those are sedra pumps at $100 a shot..

Jason

naperenterprise · 03-03-2008, 09:16 AM

Thanks Jason, I'll check into this!
Those skimmers look pretty nice!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triggerjay

Aquatic Systems Design, Inc.

Here ya go! He has more skimmers on his site too.. Pretty cheap considering those are sedra pumps at $100 a shot..

Jason

revhard05 · 03-11-2008, 10:35 PM

there was a guy on here that had one out of a 5g water bottel

zy112 · 03-11-2008, 10:51 PM

Anyone had experience with aquatic system designs? Looks like good stuff.

naperenterprise · 03-11-2008, 11:26 PM

I was looking at the DIY instruction on this...

Wondered if anyone had any success with this??

Looks interesting!

But the pump will cost around $150+
So I kind of figured I was better off buying one from a good vendor...

Quote:

Originally Posted by revhard05

there was a guy on here that had one out of a 5g water bottel

pinantanjohn · 03-23-2008, 12:21 AM

Seems to me that skimmers are pretty simple. Here's a design made out of pvc. everything is proportionate, scale as needed.

Triggerjay · 03-23-2008, 12:45 AM

We have a club member with a HUGE SPS tank, and he runs an Aquatic Systems Design skimmer... He loves it.

skimmers look very simple, but I have made several, and design and dimensions play a HUGE part in functionality. I have had ones in the past that I built that "worked", but you had to play with them all the time. Now I run a DIY skimmer with a sedra 9000 needle wheel pump, and it works very well.. but design has a lot to do with it. Heres a pic of mine..

And here are some pics of one I am working on for my clownfish breeding system.. (It was for my 125g system, but I used the one above instead):

And here is one I built for my old 55g system.. This one was built out of a spaghetti canister, and a CD rom spindle for a collection cup. It also worked well.. It was powered by a powerhead 802:
Argh! Cant find a full pic of it..Here is the cup:

Jason

02-27-2008, 07:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
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coppessfam Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: OHIO Posts: 21 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Looking for DIY skimmer Sorry I was thinking overflow skimmer. Until I saw your other thread. Good luck with that monster. __________________ 55 gal w/ 1 yellow tang, 1 tomato clown, brittle star, 3 zoos, 3 star polyps, 1 blue/orage ricordia, 1 pepperment shrimp, 2 skunk shrimp, Hawiian Feather duster.

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Triggerjay Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,849 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Looking for DIY skimmer There is a guy in Kansas City (I think) that builds deltec knock offs.. I will see if I can find you a URL.... Jason __________________ Clownfish, Clownfish, Breed all about it!

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Triggerjay Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,849 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Looking for DIY skimmer Aquatic Systems Design, Inc. Here ya go! He has more skimmers on his site too.. Pretty cheap considering those are sedra pumps at $100 a shot.. Jason __________________ Clownfish, Clownfish, Breed all about it!

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zy112 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: IN Posts: 984 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Looking for DIY skimmer Anyone had experience with aquatic system designs? Looks like good stuff. __________________ Zach

03-23-2008, 12:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
Triggerjay Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,849 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Looking for DIY skimmer We have a club member with a HUGE SPS tank, and he runs an Aquatic Systems Design skimmer... He loves it. skimmers look very simple, but I have made several, and design and dimensions play a HUGE part in functionality. I have had ones in the past that I built that "worked", but you had to play with them all the time. Now I run a DIY skimmer with a sedra 9000 needle wheel pump, and it works very well.. but design has a lot to do with it. Heres a pic of mine.. And here are some pics of one I am working on for my clownfish breeding system.. (It was for my 125g system, but I used the one above instead): And here is one I built for my old 55g system.. This one was built out of a spaghetti canister, and a CD rom spindle for a collection cup. It also worked well.. It was powered by a powerhead 802: Argh! Cant find a full pic of it..Here is the cup: Jason __________________ Clownfish, Clownfish, Breed all about it!

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