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Cheap DIY Skimmer


Carl

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I was at a Chinese Restaurant a couple of weeks ago. They had a very nice tank (150 perhaps??- not sure) right in the middle of the room. Standing right beside the tank was this 6 1/2 foot tall tube thing...

 

Come to find out...it is a custom skimmer made by the owner. It couldn't have cost them more than $40 plus the air pump and stones. It was simply a 6 inch pipe with a few air stones run to the bottom, and a collection cup up top.

 

The inhabitants looked healthy...maybe not such a bad idea...if they could only hide it someplace.

 

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More pictures of the same tank.

 

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He is covering all the basics, Air Stone and height to give plenty of time for waste to attach to bubbles to clean out. Outside of being white plastic instead of the COOL CLEAR PLASTIC, will do the job adequately!

 

Where is the Restaurant?

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It's in Mechanicsburg PA. I don't remember the name of the place, but can look at my credit card receipt if you want to visit.

 

-Carl

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What's the coral in the last picture?

 

 

Sorry...I have no idea what that coral is...but I'm not good at identifying corals.

 

-Carl

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