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DIY Surface Skimmer
Hey from New Mexico,
Well as much as I love to keep surface movement to a minimum to conserve CO2 I also don't like the surface scum that results. It's too close to Christmas for Daddy to "buy anything for himself." I've got a skimmer coming, but it's to be wrapped and opened in front of the little ones that "bought it for me." Today was one of those rare days off that I didn't do a whole lot around the house that had to be done so I got out my junk box and started tinkering. I had a plastic tube used for sorting quarters that had a small hole in the bottom that some airline would squeeze through with an electrical crimp tube around it. There was also a slit in the side of the sorting tube at the top to slide out the extra quarters. I ran the air tube through the crimp fitting and pressed it through the hole in the bottom of the tube. I fed the other end into the strainer for my power filter. I marked the water level on the filter's intake tube and used electrical tape to bind the new skimmer to the intake tube right where the slit would just be at the water line. There are a few pictures at http://justintravis.blogspot.com/ After a little tinkering with the skimmer's position I got it right to the point that the water flowing in would never fill the tube more than 1/4 full. This seems to provide enough falloff to keep the water flowing in, but the filter never sucks air. While it's not very pretty it sure seems to work! Good thing the plants are growing "like weeds" as my wife likes to teasingly tell me. Justin Travis, Lovington, NM. |
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