My New Monster Skimmer!

Dirk hooked me up and Bud picked it up in Minnesota, thank guys! Be a week or more before it is hooked up. Maybe longer before I get it figured out and tuned right.
6' 7" Inches to the top of the cup, 5' 1" to the top of the 10" chamber!

 

/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/tongue.gif Uh Huh!

 

Yes Feet Bill, 6 Foot 7 Inches taller than me. It will have check valves on it but I also have an overflow drain to a tote on my sump. ;0)

 

Ahhh, the $64,000 dollar question .....
The skimmer I have used for the last couple of years was a DIY water bottle skimmer that was as well 10" (only 5 times as high!), so I figure the same pump can be used. I plan on doubling the input though since it has two venturis. This will be the main experiment of course.

 

Every article you read on how skimmers work say Contact Time. So I plan to test that theory out! /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/laugh.gif
Better pics to come as I set it up.

 

Hey anyone used Uniseals much?? I have installed a 1 inch Uniseal on the bottom of the box. I have limited experience with them but not with this much pressure. Rick, anyone?

 

Sure I will new pics up Bill. Wife wasn't around to take a pic with me next to it. I told her we should have though.
Skimmer will go on my system that is close to 500 Gallons - 240 aggressive, 90 Mixed, 55 Frag, 40 prop, 55 sump.

 

That is the plan when I get the new monster running.