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Hey hey, another local reef keeper, welcome. What a steal on the tank!

Cannot wait to see the pics! I love the innovation in this hobby...

Pretty cool!

No comparison to the auto cleaner but still pretty darn nice.

Check it out

Basically a squegee glued onto the lid of the skimmer, a quick manual turn and your skimmer neck is clean.

Thanks everyone. Thomas I have never been to that store, probably should drive out that way and check it out. You can order them online, but shipping is a bear...

Always loved em for the Discus back in the 80s, want to try them for the saltwater fish too.

Anyone sell them local?

Thanks!

Ya this is a bit shall we say 'Tim the Toolman Taylor' for a 500 gallon system. Too funny thanks Brad for the warning (rock2)

Also, i did the V2 plumbing / integration. The Jebao is under water now. It is eerily silent in the office after this change, the skimmer is dead quiet!

Super happy with results!!

Awesome man, love it! Did you get the whole thing put together and into operation?

Nice thanks!

Cool, and great to see the other MACNA video are out there too. I can now virtually attend MACNA post MACNA.

Sand dollar Monti would be awesome if you still have one?

Skimming well. The bottom of a 5 gallon skimmate collection 'cup' this morning...

Great find thanks for sharing...

One tip if its not too late. Bird netting from Ace or Wilco is cheap and blocks no light whatsoever. I roll this into a screen just like the BRS stuff. The key is that you want the smaller mesh, not the deer netting but the bird netting.

Pled, the feed pipe is a cool idea!

Good deal! I am in, order placed. I love options like this to split shipping or carpool. Sometimes the shipping can be more than the coral on small orders. My first TECO order...

There are some amazing new features including water flow measurement and a PAR meter accessory for 59 bucks!

This is quite interesting...

Too bad I am so invested into the APEX, will be watching this unfold from the sidelines...

https://www.reefai.com/

I picked up this 5' beckett/downdraft/venturi style skimmer a while back from craigslist, Patrick at Satlwater Fantaseas sold it to me for 75 bucks. What a deal!

The dwell time was good, but the bubble size was a little large and the turbulence in the chamber was rough. It skimmed, but it seemed it could be better.

Rudy suggested I convert it over to a recirculating skimmer. Great idea!

At the same time I was wondering if a Jebao DC pump could be a skimmer pump as well. Old news these days, but at the time it was hardly google-able not many were doing it.

This job called for an expert in mechanical design, and it turns out we have one here in the forum (don't kill me Jeff ). BlueZReef is an engineer and all around handy and friendly guy. He offered to design and print a DC12000 pinwheel.

The old thread is lost with the crash, but he made a winner.

Here it is all hooked up to the big skimmer. I owe Patrick, Rudy Golden Basket and Jeff BlueZ a thanks, this turned out great. Visions of gallons of skimmate in the morning are dancing in my head

Fun stuff...

Nine heads I'm falling behind

Terrible iPhone pic alert

That is awesome! What a great guy glad to hear it...

That nem is UNREAL!! What a beauty!

Will get a fresh pic tomorrow, almost missed this, thanks for keeping it going...

np...have ya both covered. and that should probably it for this round. still have some for kknight if she still wants too..

You da man! Thanks!

Definitely save me a piece Brad! Thanks!!