The base of the skimmer

by Chris Paris for Reef Aquarium Information Depot

This photo shows two changes I made to the lower half of this skimmer. First, I cut out the 45-degree baffle that was supposed to reduce bubble output, but in fact increased bubble output. I cut out the baffle with a Dremel tool that had a little circular saw blade mounted. You can see the remains of the baffle. The remains form angled nubs roughly tangent to the output PVC pipe.

The second change I made was to cut out that portion of the injection tube that was inside the skimmer box. I got a pretty clean removal at the top of the box, but there remains a little nub of what was once there on the bottom of the box.

skimmer-bottom-oblique

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Last modified: Thu Jan 18 21:44:18 Eastern Standard Time 2001