Beggining of in wall tank!!!!UPDATED PICS
 

Ok i am going to take you all along for the ride as I, well me and my dad, build an in wall 210 or so gallon tank. 66x24x30. The tank will sit in my furnace room and be seen from my TV/Movie room.

Lets begin with some pics of the DIY beckett skimmer.

all the pieces
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/136skimmer.JPG

the almost complete thing i still need to make the beckett houseing
it is about 5 and a half feet tall, i had to buy a whole lengh of tube so i figured id just use it all
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/skimmercomp.JPG

THE WALL
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/thewall.JPG

the back of the wall my dad went a little nutty with the saw.
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/backwall.JPG

this is all going to be power outlets most with GFCI outlets.
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/powertobe.JPG

this is what i have down so far it is going to be my refuge and a bit tub for top off water will sit beside it and a sink for whatever i might need it for
http://www.geocities.com/seanward84/refuge.JPG

This is it for now and comments or questions are welcomed.

That's one Scary skimmer!

Do you have any baffles in the lower box?
Seems like an odd shape :razz: skimmer :razz:

Ive got piping going from the skinny tube up into the larger one. It does look a little odd, its a 6in tube and 2.5in. Hopfully it works :mrgreen:

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You'll probly need one serious pump for that skimmer. Have you considered a needle wheel pump rather than a becket injector?

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It shouldn't require any larger pump than a normal beckett skimmer. The height of the skimmer does not matter because the injector is up very high and therefore not going to have much backpressure on it.

He's going to get crazy contact time though! :eek:

I,ve never heard of this needle wheel thingy before care to explain, whats its benefits over beckett and cons.

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Basically it doesn't just suck in air like a venturi style pump, it has extrusions (needles) on the impeller that break down the existing bubbles further. The result is a finer foam. The benifits are less maintenance and smaller foam.

Rich tg just got a skimmer that utilizes the needle wheel pumps and boy does it ever skim. I'm considering buying one my self.

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I agree that he is going to need one hell of a pump for that one. seeing the down tube is 2.5" and so high a normal pump will be hard pressed putting any amount of bubbles to the bottom against the water colume, and if anything it is going to make big bubbles instead of small ones. I agree that some sort of recirc or needle wheel in the bottom may be required. you would almost be better off turning it into a counter current skimmer at that hight.

Steve

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I guess you could always cut the down tube to a lower hight if it doesn't work, still looks like one hell of a skimmer though.

Well once i get it finished ill test it with my mag 18 and see how it goes.