DIY protein skimmer

gnorris23

Jack Dempsey
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Jan 2, 2013
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I have a DIY plywood build going on and I built a protein skimmer for it. I've never built my own skimmer before but I gotta say this thing pulls the sh** out of the water very well. So I decided to post a thread on how I built the thing for anyone interested in building their own. I'm just going to post the pics of the build and if anyone has any questions ill be more than happy to answer them I've gotten a lot of info from this forum and want to give as much back as I can
 

FLESHY

Polypterus
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Hmm very interesting.

What size pump do you have driving it?

How much skimmate do you collect?

How thick is the skimmate?

Whats the system volume and bioload?

Cool build.
 

gnorris23

Jack Dempsey
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Jan 2, 2013
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Hmm very interesting.

What size pump do you have driving it?

How much skimmate do you collect?

How thick is the skimmate?

Whats the system volume and bioload?

Cool build.
i have 2 Sedra 1500s running it. I have to clean the skimmer 2xs a week if that helps And right now I only have a tessalata moray eel in the tank but I'm about to have a shark once I get the 1800 gallon tank completed
 

FLESHY

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Very cool.

Always like to see a little activity down here in the SW section, at one time it was really humming with activity.

I just sold my tank and tessy...what great fish.

Very cool build of yours, thanks for sharing.
 
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