New FOWLR setup - questions

[justinl]

I don't think the skimmer is such a terrible skimmer. It just needs more fiddling than other skimmers and a mod or two. I did two easy mods to mine and now it works great.

I added an air valve to control airflow (this REALLY helps) so now it won't lose the siphon as easily. It does take a few days to get to know what adjustments your prism needs.

It was spewing some bubbles so I made a DIY bubble trap using an old VHS. Just empty the guts of the VHS, cut off the top, glue a screen over the big holes and attach it to the prizm. To attach I used duct tape but that's temporary. I have yet to figure out a cleaner attachment.