I picked up this 5' beckett/downdraft/venturi style skimmer a while back from craigslist, a kind local fish store sold it to me for 75 bucks. What a deal!
The dwell time was good, but the bubble size was a little large and the turbulence in the chamber was rough. It skimmed, but it seemed it could be better.
A friend suggested I convert it over to a recirculating skimmer. Great idea!
At the same time I was wondering if a Jebao DC pump could be a skimmer pump as well. Old news these days, but at the time it was hardly google-able not many were doing it.
This job called for a local expert in mechanical design, and it turns out we have one in the pacific northwest on pnwmas.org (don't kill me Jeff
). BlueZReef is an engineer and all around handy and friendly guy. He offered to design and print a DC12000 pinwheel.
Here it is all hooked up to the big skimmer.
Fun stuff...
[video=youtube;nK6HKF-sBsk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK6HKF-sBsk[/video]
Skim produced overnight into a 5 gallon collection 'cup'. Off to a good start!
The dwell time was good, but the bubble size was a little large and the turbulence in the chamber was rough. It skimmed, but it seemed it could be better.
A friend suggested I convert it over to a recirculating skimmer. Great idea!
At the same time I was wondering if a Jebao DC pump could be a skimmer pump as well. Old news these days, but at the time it was hardly google-able not many were doing it.
This job called for a local expert in mechanical design, and it turns out we have one in the pacific northwest on pnwmas.org (don't kill me Jeff
Here it is all hooked up to the big skimmer.
Fun stuff...
[video=youtube;nK6HKF-sBsk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK6HKF-sBsk[/video]
Skim produced overnight into a 5 gallon collection 'cup'. Off to a good start!
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