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    Posted: November 05 2008 at 11:17pm
almost done, what do you think?
 
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wow looks nice but the question is how well does it work lol. i say nice job let us konw how it skims
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Hey, can you move that skimmer please? I'm trying to see the fish tank behind it Wink
 
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it looks like my aqua c if you get it work verry well let me know cause mine does not
i have to run a mag 18 to get it to work at all


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out with the large and in with the nano
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I am going to put it in the sump tonight, I will let you know how it works.
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It looks great!  Hope it works as great as it looks.  How much did it cost you for the parts?
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I got it in the sump tonight, it is already making a head of foam so we will see how it does after a few days. I am in it about a 100 bucks.
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sounds like a good job
out with the large and in with the nano
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Looks good tcfab! How is it set up inside?
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Inside the sump or inside the skimmer box?
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Let us see a picture of it in action. How is it working?
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Very cool. It looks like it is a little overly wet skimmate, but doing its job excellently.
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Looks great!  What pump do you have mated to it? 
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Yeah it was a little wet at first. I got it a little more dry now. it is starting to get a little darker. I built this skimmer to the specs of a aquac 180, I just put a rio hf 12 pump I had lying around on it. Its a 750 gph pump.
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that is looking good i wish i could get my real one to work that well
out with the large and in with the nano
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