Our first Protien skimmer

[Daniel Schubert]

Dan Paul and myself just put together our first protien skimmer. Pictures can be found at

http://maskcanada.org/skimmer/

[Mitchell]

I saw the pics earlier
:cheers:

GREAT job guys

[Daniel Schubert]

Thanks.

We are actually very pleased, I'm hoping to see it work Thursday, the guy's hooked it up last night and said it worked great except for two little leaks. Which is not bad considering I never glued the stuff before

[Mckitrick]

I've filled the leaks (hopefully) and will be testing tomorrow night.
I haven't decided if I'm just going to fill it with water or if I'm going to hook it up to one of the tanks and see how much gunk it can grab between Wednesday night and Thursday night. I'm running a PM1 on that tank now so I can't see it finding a lot to pull out...

[Red-Sea]

Very impressive Daniel, looks professional too...

[Daniel Schubert]

Thanks

But I can't take all the credit, Dan and Paul also help, now we have two more to build. The first one is always the hardest

[ScottM]

Hey guys - looks good. Just wondering...do you have a drain for the skimmate once it collects in the collection cup?

Scott

[Mckitrick]

We do NOW! I drilled and tapped one last night...
It posed a significant challenge to do this AFTER the fact but it's done... :)

[ReefGeek]

Yeah, I would have to agree that it looks awesome. Very impressive!!! Way to go and I am sure that the second and third will be a piece of cake compared to the first one.
Good luck
Dave

[2Oceans]

The skimmer looks great , how about some specs cannot read the tape measure in the photo.

[Mckitrick]

Total height is 29"
6" Diameter Riser Column.
1.5" Output.
3/4" input

[Sohal]

Good day its beautiful great one and or you aver to find the transparent tub to do the skimer for me jen finds not pres of at my place there is reno depot, rona, home depot and me jabite has montréal thank-you in advance Sohal

[Daniel Schubert]

Sohal

I'm sorry but I don't understand your question. I think you are asking were we got the acrylic tubing. Look for a place that deals with acrylic and see if they carry some. Most places only sell it in 6 ft lenghts. Since we are building three skimmers that was not a problem

[Sohal]

thank-you for your reponce Sohal

[Sohal]

Hello how much that his coute the écumeur of proteinjuste in acrilique or plaxiglass thank-you in advance Sohal

[Mckitrick]

écumeur means Skimmer, right?
coute means cost, right?
How much does this skimmer cost to build? I don't think we actually calculated the cost to make one. We have a parts list. Once it's all nailed down we'll likely make the plans and prices available on the MASK website. Dan, Dan and I haven't discussed this yet.

[Hark]

Lets see some pics of all the stinky waste these bad boys are pulling out of the tank....I mean who wants to see picks of a clean skimmer anyway pauly? :D :D

seriously....got it running yet on the big tank? Can i come over and see if soo :D

[Daniel Schubert]

Actually Dan has the skimmer running, as for cost like Paul said we haven't figured that out yet. Part of the problem is that we bought enough stuff for three skimmers, one for me, one for Paul and one for Dan. A rough guess would be about $300 - $400 each, the acrylic isn't cheap, and all those little fittings add up. The tubing is only extruded acrylic not cast so it would have costed more if we went with the expensive stuff. And it took us almost a day to put the first one together. The second and third will go alot faster (I hope)