New Skimmer for DaCube

[DisturbedReefer]

More updates...Creating the flare for the neck and more gluing.

 

[Scooterman]

Humm 5 gallon neck ehh! :d

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Updates frome this past Saturday...

 

[Scooterman]

Dude that is so sweet but man it is huge lol!

 

[Krish]

Todd...If it works as good as it is looking, you should have nothing to worry about. Looks great so far!

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Got quite a bit done last night, here are a few shots...

 

[Kensn]

WOW!!! Looks amazing...

 

[big t]

It is getting there. Todd is very descriptive isn't he. We had to make a custom manifold from pvc. We shortened up some of the fittings and have what you see in pic 1, then drilled a hole in the middle and used weldon-40 to glue 1/2" pipe into it. Todd spent hours making his super cool bracket to hold the stones onto the door, that came out real nice and I am suprised he didn't post that. Anyway it should be ready to run here early next week.

 

[DisturbedReefer]

It is getting there. Todd is very descriptive isn't he.

I'm a man of few words :lol:

Todd spent hours making his super cool bracket to hold the stones onto the door, that came out real nice and I am suprised he didn't post that.

I didn't want to give away our secrets It only took that long b/c it was after 1am and we didn't want to use the router Here is a shot of the bracket in question...

 

[Krish]

Very good guys! Todd I think that is going to be one hell of a skimmer. If not, atleast it looks cool and you can probably get it sold to cover the cost of building it as well as some profit!(LOL) I have faith in you guys because you really seem to know your stuff...So I won't put mouth on you. Good luck on the completion of it and I can't wait to see the finished product. Thanks for sharing again.

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Thanks Krish! I'm sure it will do quite well and I won't have to sell it :lol:

 

[Scooterman]

that thing looks so thick it could be bullet proof, cool though.

 

[big t]

Well after another late night, and a lot more complaining from both our other halves... The turbo skim1000 is complete! Pics to follow soon.

 

[big t]

Well here are the pix, we just got finished getting it running. Todd is currently borrowing a air pump to see what is best, this one is not big enough for the skimmer, as it is only putting out about 3% air volume and we need 13% Well I am too tired to say much so here are the pix

 

[DisturbedReefer]

About three hours of sleep for me...
Skimmer has been up and running about 4, so here is one more shot

 

[Kensn]

It looks marevlous, well done!!! More power!!

 

[DisturbedReefer]

Just fed the lionfish and the skimmer went crazy, went from just barely having any bubbles in the riser tube to 3/4 up and starting to skim

 

[big t]

Now that is impressive for a skimmer that has been running for 21 hours.

 

[Krish]

That's un-real! Very nice! Thanks for posting update pictures of it. I really do like it and I think that is the first rectangular skimmer I've ever seen. I thought that they all had to be designed using a cylinder, but I guess not. Is is because it is air-driven you'll decided to built it that way? Thanks again for posting and congrats Todd!

 

[big t]

Well Krish have you never seen a Remora or CPR? We built it square for cost, the 12" tube is 130 bux a foot, and it cost about 90 bux to make the 4' box on this.