So the king of diy a long time ago made a diy skimmer with a pvc and water bottles. My question is if anyone knows how much this could skims and if it would be sufficient for a 35g
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More for freshwater @GHOSTLY imo
It looks like it would be inefficient for the wattage used and would probably over or under skim and give off microbubble which is a whole other issue
A diy marine skimmer would look more like this guy with a needle based pump and adjustable airflow to skim wet or dry depending on preference
And they only cost 69.99 us which is probably cheaper and more precise than something u can whip up in your garage and will be more efficient in wattage and will skim efficiently as long as you keep up on maintenance scrubbing the collection cup and emptying it in the sink 2x a day once in the morning and once at night and then scrubbing the collection cup after
Or this it could sit behind the weir in a aio or cube setup or in the sump but if you were to put this guy in the aio chamber it might not fit if u have a stock weir it would probably only fit in a custom interior overflow or aio kit and u may have to get a medium to large bioblock to raise it to desired water level
Or if u wanna avoid it all together u could run a hob and lose out on a small corner of tank space but some of these little guys pack a wallop
Just my 2 cents
I would go with these options but some of them won't fit in my ato chambers. Each chamber is maybe only 4 or 5 inches across so these might be a bit bulky. I was looking at this one but it doesn't seem the best
Good to know, I will avoid them.The glass reef tube skimmer sucks. The diameter of the tube is to small and after awhile it creates an air pocket rather than allowing water to enter the body of the skimmer.
My rant.
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I'm a kid. I make about 0 a day. I make my money off flipping items and trying my luck in stocksHow much do you make per hour and how much time do you think it will take you to cobble some trash together into a properly functioning protein skimmer? Are you really saving anything here by making you own?
I'm a kid. I make about 0 a day. I make my money off flipping items and trying my luck in stocksHow much do you make per hour and how much time do you think it will take you to cobble some trash together into a properly functioning protein skimmer? Are you really saving anything here by making you own?