WTB Skimmer

Build one!

 

You may be better of to save yourself the trouble and just get yourself a new one.

 

On skimmers in the size range you are wanting to go with it ends up costing as much (or more) in materials for DIY as just buying a new one. If you go used, you are sure to save money over building new. Take a look at RC, there are about 3.5 million DIY skimmer threads there /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/tongue.gif

 

You know.....this could be a fun meeting if you decide to go DIY. Maybe B-Rad would be able to either design you one and build it for the meeting or you buy the pre-cut parts and he assembles? I've got a couple extra Sicce's and I KNOW he has built one around that pump. You could walk away with a nice skimmer and others could see some nice acrylic work.

If not, there are many choices for a skimmer... I'm not real familiar with the newer octos but is the 110 big enough for a 100g of tank water? Seems like it's at the max rating.

 

yeah when it comes to skimmers i like to go 1.5x the max rating. but by the time we add our liverock and such, that 100g tank is holding much less. are those ratings taking that into account?

 

I'll post some pics of my diy skimmer tomorrow.

 

I'll snap a pic of the output for the last day and a half and let you judge for your self. For what it cost I think it does pretty well.

 

Okay, here are some pics I took a while back when I had it out to clean. The biggest problem I had in building it was that the 3x2 drain that I used for the neck doesn't fit the body properly so I can't get it to glue solidly. I am re-gluing it again and decided to add a downward elbow for more of a counter-current effect (I hope). I already had the pump, and for $40 bucks and a mesh mod, here's what I got. This is a couple days of skimming.
 
A shot of the body.

The body is a piece of 6 inch pvc riser pipe from HD. I have since found a proper cap for the bottom. It should be possible to figure out one for your set up, and if you're not happy with the results, you're not out very much cash.