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jfinch 
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 Posted: June 11 2005 at 2:45pm |
Oh yeah, your foam "reaction" chamber should be completely opaque white with micro sized bubbles.
Here's a beckett (with pictures of foam column) I built a little while back: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1413
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Posted: June 11 2005 at 4:39pm |
(just plumb a beckett on the inlet piping)
Do you have a pick of above suggestion _ That skimmer of yours looks like its cookin!
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 5:25am |
jfinch
I found this plan, it looks like a smaller skimmer than the one I made but without the bioballs. check it out
Is the spray nozel close to what you are useing
http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/DIYskimmer.php
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:01am |
After 24 of run time
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:02am |
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:03am |
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:40am |
http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/DIYskimmer.php
That nozzle is a spray injector similar to what Aqua C skimmers use. The beckett is a unique venturi device. You can see/buy it here: http://www.barraquatic.com/access.php or I've also bought them at Home Depot.
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 3:14pm |
It catches my attention when someone is trying to "re-invent the wheel", so to speak. Every once in a while, someone stumbles onto a better wheel.
Keep at it and good luck. 
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Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:54pm |
I'm no longer using that skimmer in my other thread. A while back I built one that I could fit into my sump. Here's a picture I just took:
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Posted: June 14 2005 at 3:21pm |
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Nice!
What kinf of pump are useing for this one.
I think im going to rig up a tube without bioballs and with a Becket, and try it with the same pump and see if I get better results--- I think I will!
I love this Hobby----- Thats for all the input 
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Posted: June 14 2005 at 6:39pm |
I'm driving my skimmer with an Iwaki 40.
The bioballs help to move the foam from the inlet riser to the foam riser (it increases the velocity through the inlet tube). With larger pumps they are not needed, but they can help with smaller pumps.
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