peligro Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Ok so I put this in the general dis. Due to the fact that its not an outrageous mod. Lol. And is a general to nano tankers. Ok due to not having enough funds for a nice skimmer. I bought an oceanic protein skimmer. So its not completely worthless in my books. I did an alright job. So I decided to mod it a bit. I went and got a top fin syphon, and cut about 5 inches off of it. I then cut the openings just before the wood stone open more to allow it to pull more water. Now I put it back together I'm thinking ill probably cut about 1.5" off tomorrow. But so far the contact between the water and bubbles has increased dramatically. And it foaming far more at the top then it ever has. In my opinion it was worth the 5 minutes of work. 10 bucks compared to the 30 they wanted for an acrylic tube that was 12 inches long...... I'll take a pic of the after math tomorrow. HTC EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peligro Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 This was after 5 minutes of starting it up, and playing with the air valve to get the Suds to go to the edge of the collection cup. HTC EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Good idea for a simple fix I'm with you on the lack of funds catagory, but it does encourage us to get more creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I've been double posted, I feel so dirty (puke) (any excuse to use the puke smiley) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I did a very similar thing with mine but I used a old medicine bottle these are not bad skimmers for nanos when adjusted right. Thanks for sharing you mod with us =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peligro Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 As I said I'd update with picks today. Wife wouldn't let me pour it in a cup. Blah Blah Blah. But the water was teaish green, with lots of bubbles. I'm not sure if that's good Or bad? HTC EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Its skimmate Just a wet skimmate, if you want it to be the less watery just lower the bubbles down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peligro Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 Oh I also got these today I think its worth the price. These will replace the jbj baffle sponge. I cut them in half so I get 6 of them instead of 3. The were 5 bucks for a pack of 3. Cut in half its 6 for 5 bucks. It's a finer sponge. I get no micro bubbles at all. And I don't have to pay for shipping and the wait. So all pros in my book HTC EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Tea green is correct for a wood airstone skimmer. They generally skim on the wet side. I have mine set to skim pretty wet. Nice mod. Thanks for sharing. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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