keeping preskimmer from sinking

slysock · 01-08-2008, 01:46 AM

does anyone have any tips for keeping a pre-skimmer "afloat". mine keeps falling down, away from the place i originally had it. i put it back up, but it just falls

Cassette87 · 01-08-2008, 01:57 AM

How do you have it set up ? What type of skimmer is it on? can we maybe see a pic?

slysock · 01-08-2008, 02:25 AM

here are the pictures. its a cpr backpack skimmer with a rio 600 pump . works great, just preskimmer keeps falling.

Cassette87 · 01-08-2008, 02:31 AM

right now is it just attached with a couple suction cups on the back? Your best bet is going to be to somehow fabricate something to Hook over the back to hold it in place. I know that there are suction cups at the hardware store with plastic hooks on them, maybe this would work for you?

slysock · 01-08-2008, 02:32 AM

there currently are no suction cups. i dont see how they would attach, but tomarrow i will go lok for hooked suction cups to hold it up

BoomerD · 01-08-2008, 02:45 AM

I'm trying to remember how they hook up. I had/have one, but it's been several years since I used it. It's buried too deeply in the garage to find it...SEEMS like just friction between the pump and box held it in place. I don't remember any screw like the AquaC Remora box...

Rcpilot · 01-08-2008, 03:14 AM

Buy 2 pieces of acrylic about 1" wide and 8" long. Heat each piece up to for a J or hook. Silicone the straight piece to the skimmer box and hook the other part of the tank.

OR:
Bend the two pieces of acrylic and then drill holes through the hooks and the box. Attach the hooks to the box with a simply nylon bolt and nut. Available at any hardware store.

If you have a router, route a slot in the skimmer box so that you can slide it up and down to adjust the height on the hooks. Run the nylon bolt through the slot and tighten it up.

slysock · 01-08-2008, 08:38 PM

thats really smart. lol but i got it working by putting two suction cups under it, to keep it from sliding, since there is no room between glass and the preskimer

01-08-2008, 01:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
slysock Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: calistoga Posts: 329 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	keeping preskimmer from sinking does anyone have any tips for keeping a pre-skimmer "afloat". mine keeps falling down, away from the place i originally had it. i put it back up, but it just falls

01-08-2008, 01:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cassette87 Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Palos Park, IL Posts: 1,474 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking How do you have it set up ? What type of skimmer is it on? can we maybe see a pic? __________________ Andy My 29 Gallon Reef

01-08-2008, 02:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
slysock Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: calistoga Posts: 329 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking here are the pictures. its a cpr backpack skimmer with a rio 600 pump . works great, just preskimmer keeps falling.

01-08-2008, 02:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cassette87 Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Palos Park, IL Posts: 1,474 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking right now is it just attached with a couple suction cups on the back? Your best bet is going to be to somehow fabricate something to Hook over the back to hold it in place. I know that there are suction cups at the hardware store with plastic hooks on them, maybe this would work for you? __________________ Andy My 29 Gallon Reef

01-08-2008, 02:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
slysock Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: calistoga Posts: 329 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking there currently are no suction cups. i dont see how they would attach, but tomarrow i will go lok for hooked suction cups to hold it up

01-08-2008, 02:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,638 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking I'm trying to remember how they hook up. I had/have one, but it's been several years since I used it. It's buried too deeply in the garage to find it...SEEMS like just friction between the pump and box held it in place. I don't remember any screw like the AquaC Remora box... __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

01-08-2008, 03:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
Rcpilot Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Arvada, CO. Posts: 297 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking Buy 2 pieces of acrylic about 1" wide and 8" long. Heat each piece up to for a J or hook. Silicone the straight piece to the skimmer box and hook the other part of the tank. OR: Bend the two pieces of acrylic and then drill holes through the hooks and the box. Attach the hooks to the box with a simply nylon bolt and nut. Available at any hardware store. If you have a router, route a slot in the skimmer box so that you can slide it up and down to adjust the height on the hooks. Run the nylon bolt through the slot and tighten it up.

01-08-2008, 08:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
slysock Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: calistoga Posts: 329 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: keeping preskimmer from sinking thats really smart. lol but i got it working by putting two suction cups under it, to keep it from sliding, since there is no room between glass and the preskimer

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