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Old 01-24-2008, 11:39 AM
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Anyone know of good plans for a skimmer for a 30 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump? Ill need something with a smaller footprint. Now more than 5 x 12. It would go in place of my ........caugh seaclone 100 caugh...... The sump is already made for this. But i would like to my next upgrade to be a better skimmer. Either good plans or a good skimmer you know of thatll work for my application.
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Old 01-24-2008, 01:03 PM
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I dont know of any plans, but what you may want to do is study the plans of a good quality skimmer like a euro reef and find the demensions for all its parts and try to build an exact replica.

I was thinking of building my own skimmer just for the heck of it, but then figured it would be a good waste of money.

I may still end up doing it....
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Here are some I used a little from all of them. and it works real good But I went with a air 2 wood stones. I could not find a small enough pump for my 10 gal. I should say I maid my skimmer 4' tall for more contact time. It is in a spot I cant get a pic. But I did take some while I was assembling it if I can find them I will post them.

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i built one for my 30 gallon reef setup to save cash i used stuff on hand. look on youtube my video is called diy protein skimmer. or see all my vids by searching seasonofthasick on youtube. mine was super cheap to make.
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Old 10-04-2008, 12:43 PM
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Thanks for the links Ed. I bet those will help out alot. Ken if you can why not make a build thread. Would be cool to have some pics to go along with your progress.
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Just go to the Reef Builder Library

There is a Link in there with a hundred do it yourself projects for the tank.
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