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03-10-2003, 08:59 PM
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Looks great.
 I've been following your progress with it on RC. How is the testing going and did you get the problem you were having with the water flow and levels worked out? I'm in the middle of designing and building one myself. I'm trying to decide what design to use. Can't decide if I should go with the design with the return holes around the middle injection tube and the 2 90 elbows or the design with the walled off floor in the box with the inner tube coming up through it. I am only using a single beckett, so, the direct injection using the 2 elbows ( like yours) may work better. I'm thinking of making the inner injection tube removable for easier cleaning also. 
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03-10-2003, 10:30 PM
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Yep, skimming like a mad man.
 I joined 4 out of the 8 holes together and works perfect, i would just go with 10 holes instead if i were building another. The holes as baffles works perfect as i get zero bubble retun to the rock tank it's on right now. 8) Any mor questions just ask.Clinton
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03-11-2003, 01:58 AM
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Great to hear that it is working for you now.
10 holes. Right, I'll have to remember that. As for ?'s I do have a few right now. With alot more to come in the future I am sure.  ops: Are you using a ball valve or a gate valve? If it is a ball valve did you have any problem adjusting the waterflow with it. I keep hearing people say that the gate valve is better, because, it is easier to make adjustments. I would rather use a ball valve if it will work, because it is less money and easier to find. Are you running it in sump or out? I was hoping to run mine out of sump and just attach the skimmer output to a bulkhead in the side of the sump. I'm not sure what effect if any the water level in the sump will have on the skimmers performance or output. Any thoughts on this? Thanks. Oh, just thought of one more ? Did you use cast or extruded acrylic tube?
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03-11-2003, 02:09 AM
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I'm currently running it out of the water. I have a bulkhead in the side of a rubbermaid running to my 4md-sc up to the skimmer which is about 6" over the pump. I'm using a ball valve as i can't find a gate valve in this city, i can order one but it will be $4 plus shipping. :shock: Not likely to happen, the ball valve isn't really easy to adjust but it is adjustable. I set it by getting the water level about 2" from the second riser and opened the air valve until i got the fine bubbles happening and then had to back the water level down just a little bit. When you adjust the water level give it a second to lower or raise, it dosn't happen instantly.
Clinton
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03-12-2003, 01:36 PM
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Yep 2" for the 2 90^, you'll have to dremel out the inside a little as they don't fit over the 2.5" od pipe. It's actually not a bulkhead, just a abs fitting i found that has a slip fit on one end and a thread on the other. The slip fit goes through the acrylic and the 90^ slipps over, gule all this even the acylic to abs with weldon 16. Or ou can spend the extra $12 and go with a 1.25" bulkhead.
Still foaming like mad just not pulling out a bunch as it's on a 25gal rock tank with 5 frags and 25lbs of cured LR and a recent 75% water change (had some hair alge, no skimmer :P ). Pretty much no bio load, need to get some fish in there and see what it does. It's still putting out simmate just not really dark.Clinton
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03-12-2003, 06:07 PM
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Ok that clears up a couple of things. I thought it looked like an ABS fitting.
Did you just glue the elbow flat to the underside of the top of the box and then glue the tube to the other side of the top, or does the tube pass right through the box top and is glued into the elbow. Hope that made sense. Action shots would be great. I'm like Troy, I like to watch. ops: Thanks.
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03-12-2003, 06:20 PM
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