DIY Protein Skimmer

[ReeferPrime]

Need a blueprint or idea of a small and nice looking protein skimmer that can fit directly in my 20 gallon long tank.Please respond.

 

[TheEngineer]

Have you tried google? There are dozens of variations out there.

 

[Zoaeasy]

Hydor. Nano skim
Or Tunze 9001 or 9006

 

[ReeferPrime]

I check google and couldn't find what I was looking for and I want DIY idea not products.

 

[TheEngineer]

OK, what are you looking for? Did you find any design that was close? There are air stone driven ones, impeller driven, injection pump driven, etc.

 

[ReeferPrime]

I looking for air stone driven ones.Do you know or have heard of a design that I have described.

 

[TheEngineer]

From Google: http://www.hawkfish.org/snailman/skimmer101.htm

 

[Rybren]

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Here's a DIY skimmer that I built for giggles. It's running in my LR curing bin.

Take 2 gatorade bottles. Cut the bottom off of one and cut the other one about 5" down from the top.

Drill through both bottle caps and slide a piece of PVC through them (make sure that the threads are pointing out, away from each other. Silicone the pipes to the caps to seal them.

Drill a hole through the side of the larger bottle near the bottom and slide some airline tubing through the hole; attach an airstone to the tubing.

Screw the bottles onto the caps.

Place the bottles in the tank.

Attach the airline to the pump and turn it on.

Have fun.