marine 2500 skimmer

[HappyFm]

I have been using a skimmer made from my pump. It is really effective in keeping the NP levels in my tank close to zero.
Advantages: Very low power consumption, produces little noise.
However, there are also quite a few disadvantages:

• The water flow is not high (although it's more than enough for my tank).
• Cleaning and adjusting the water level need to be done frequently.
• I believe that my zooplankton might get destroyed when passing through it =))

Therefore, I decided to go back to the Venturi design (though it's incredibly noisy, it compensates with high efficiency, and the power consumption is likely to be double) – the main reason is to serve my automatic copepod biomass cultivation project.

I will upload the designs here as a direct storage place and for anyone who needs them.

I have 2 designs: one for 3D printing (which I think should probably be done with a resin printer to be usable) and one for CNC cutting – I’m using 3mm acrylic sheets and AB glue to fix the gears onto the base.

I forgot to mention, the pump I’m using is the Marine 2500.

I will also upload the CNC cut design for the 305s pump (which I'm using for the skimmer in my CU40 tank).

 

[Tahoe61]

That's pretty cool.