What material use for mesh mod skimmer ?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Tom R

How do you secure the mesh to the impeller?
How many layers of mesh do you use?
Does anyone have any pictures of a completed impeller?

The mesh is secured with the really small zapstraps, theyr'e pretty thin maybe 1/4" or so and very short. I think there are either 2 or 4 holes in the impeller to work with.

I used either 3 or 4 layers of mesh. Its very important to trim the mesh so that it is just slightly smaller than the diameter of the impeller so it doesn't move against the impeller housing, this will cause problems when restarting the pump.

I think Tony has pics somewhere on here, he did a very thorough instructional post on how to do the mesh mod. I'll see if I can find it Here it is: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...highlight=mesh

Oh and I didn't cut the pins off my needlewheel, I was too chicken I just slapped the enkamat on overtop of them, it actually worked quite nicely.