waste container 5 gallon tops-selling local?

[sachabballi reef]

hey there,

 

Anyone know if these are sold locally in any LFS or does anyone have a used one they want to sell?

[Oprah Wrangler]

What is it?

[sachabballi reef]

it is for the skimmer cup drain on my skimmer and it fits over a 5 or 7 gallon bucket and the balls stop the waste from over flowing and out onto the floor. it would go over top of the orange bucket you see next to the skimmer from the drain.

[Incredible Corals]

Avast, one of our sponsor, sells it. Got it running on our skimmer at the store and it works great.

 

http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/proteinskimmers/Davy-Jones-Skimmate-Superlocker

[Supernova26]

Do you have an apex. You can make one in 15 min. All you need is a float switch.

[sachabballi reef]

i have an apex in the box still lol....and i have a float switch......walk me through it like I am a four year old

[Marc Weaver]

The ping-pong ball one shown will only work with a downdraft or beckett-style skimmer (ETSS, MRC.) The ping pong balls cut off the air output from the skimmer, eliminating the foam head so the skimmer operates more like a water pass-through device so as not to flood your floor.

 

One can easily be made with a float switch as long as you plug your skimmer pump into a controlled outlet that the apex will turn off when the float switch is triggered. You will need a break-out box and some programming experience with the apex. I'd help you with that, but I don't have any experience with that aspect of the apex.