I had been looking at the glass Mame skimmers for my pico reef (Fluval spec) and I couldn't decide whether to bite the bullet and order one from Japan, but although they are a nice bit of kit, they are expensive for what they are. I also considered making a "clone" of sorts using acrylic. One Japanese website I looked at gave some of the dimensions for them so I decided to jot down those and guesstimated the rest by looking at some of the pictures I found. I looked up some glassblowers and sent a rough sketch of what I wanted and I managed to get someone to make me this.
I got hold of a stopper from a medicine bottle and got some glass tube to attach the wooden airstone. Added a bit of hose I had and here we have... a Mame "clone".
Just need to make myself a bracket of sorts to fit it properly in the filter section and get a better stopper and an airline elbow rather than a straight connector for the top just to tidy it up a bit, but its foaming nicely already.
I got hold of a stopper from a medicine bottle and got some glass tube to attach the wooden airstone. Added a bit of hose I had and here we have... a Mame "clone".
Just need to make myself a bracket of sorts to fit it properly in the filter section and get a better stopper and an airline elbow rather than a straight connector for the top just to tidy it up a bit, but its foaming nicely already.