The pinwheel is just push fit with a little krazy glue, just drill out the center with a bit just a little smaller than the powerhead shaft your going to use. If you can find the larger "blue" bioballs it's way easier as they have a hole in the center and they fit a little closer to the outside of the housing. I can't find tham in Edmonton (unless i want a huge box), that's way i used the black ones.

Clinton

Wow, thanx clinton :)

Hey Clinton,
Couple more questions. What is the diameter of the body of the skimmer?, What did you use to go on top of the skimmer (funnel), and what did you use to glue it?, What size maxijet power heads?, Also for the pinwheel/bioball, did you remove the wheel part of the stock impeller, or just trim off the blades? How is the skimmer working now that it has been skimming for a while? Thanks for all the help.

Mike

Holy :eek: just a few ?? :mrgreen: Ok here goes. Body diameter is 6" and the height of te reaction chamber is 14". I used welon 3 and a little 16 for teh PVC to acrylic joints. The maxijets are 1200's, you remove just the i guess "wheel" part and replace with the bio ball. It was only running for about 20hrs and i had to shut it down to move/setup some stuff. I'll have it working agin today sometime and i'll keep you guys posted.

The "funnel" shape is a piece of acylic i heated and formed. It's made from 1/8" used a 6" coffee can and a 3" piece of cardboard tube. Heated it with a propane torch and press down on the tube so it's recessed about an 1 1/2". Here are a few pcs of the top and the union type fitting i built.

This is how i formed the top.
http://www.nacdsm.org/albums/album18..._004.sized.jpg


Clinton

Just an update on how it's working, had to shut it down after the last "in action" shot to move it. Got it up and running and in my sump as of yesterday morning, stopped putting my hands int he tank and adjusting it and here's how it's working.

http://www.nacdsm.org/albums/album18..._089.sized.jpg

It's getting better as i leave it be. :wink:

Clinton

Oh, and no comments on the nice lid, i haven't had the time to making one yet. :smile:

Clinton

Oh I remember reading about that bioball thingy a while back....let me see if I can find the link...



http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...oball+impeller

Yeah, some pretty good directions there, now I just need some blue balls.

:mrgreen: :razz:

Never saw that link, found a few others. Here is where i got the ides from quit awhile ago. http://camelreef.free.fr/skimmer/skimmer.html :smile:

Clinton

:eek:

Hey Deb,
Just bought a box of them. I could spare a couple.

Mike