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My Skimmer evolution

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First off I am no guru on skimmers like Luke33 is on other forums. However I do know a thing or 2 on what works for me. I started on this project with a Reef devil skimmer,It was a devil to setup and stabalize. I called it Satan. Anyhow I stuck with this for part of my process but eventually got my hands on turbo clone


Well I got my hands on turbo clone, but it needed work badly
But hey it was free, so I could not complain. here it is.


Now after talking to Bud Steve,(BigRed) I wanted to mod it quite a bit. so I took it over to his house and we came up this.

With a small Sedra needlewheel, it ran ok and made skimmate, but it was lacking for sure. The 4 inch kneck really made that Sedra strain, and also how long the kneck was had something to do with it.
Here is short Video from before the last transformation

well after a bit I decided to shorten the kneck a bit and bought a new pump. psk2500 Sicce.
Here it is just completed I am waiting on uniseal to finish it up , I hope it arrives soon so I can take Satan offline.

Any thoughts or adds please

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Updated 10-10-2010 at 05:56 PM by Reefdaddy

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  1. bleachandvomit's Avatar
    Hell yeah, should blow that satan skimmer out of the water.

    Wish I knew enough to fabricate my own skimmer, just yesterday I cut the bottom off of a beer bottle and made an air stone skimmer. It was terrible.
  2. Reefdaddy's Avatar
    Check on Ebay, there is plenty of acrylic sellers that sell seconds and shorts there, Shipping is pretty cheap too.