DIY Protien skimmer?s

[cuttingrass]

hey all im gong to attempt to make a protien skimmer on my own,much like the one Horace has made but i am trying to make it a bit thinner but keeping it the same hight. does anyone know wherer i can find clear pvc pipe , or any other kind of clear pipe. thanks bye.

[Peterock]

I have been trying to locate some as well but had no luck I have decided to use rubbermaid containers that screw top. You can get those from walmart

[Meric]

I always use www.usplastics.com (6 Foot length minimum buy)
6' of 6" Extruded Tubing is less than $60.00 and they'll cut it for you too.


or http://www.aquaticeco.com (if you need 4" or 2" tubing in small quantities)

[MISTERFIXIT]

hey all im gong to attempt to make a protien skimmer on my own,much like the one Horace has made but i am trying to make it a bit thinner but keeping it the same hight. does anyone know wherer i can find clear pvc pipe , or any other kind of clear pipe. thanks bye.

I've found it on ebay,

go to business and industrial,then raw materials and scrap,then you'll get to plastics and acrylics,or just type in the search bar-- acrylics and go.I've bought all my tubes there,my 1/4 inch flat at Home Depot

Marc

[big t]

www.mcmaster.com is a good place to get cast acrylic tubing and they even sell it by the foot!

[Horace]

Well the main reason I went with the jugs from walmart is for EASE and CHEAPNESS. These things are dirt cheap and they fit togeather like butter. Once you go for Acrylic you open a whole new can of worms and the thing starts costing soo much that it is not really worth DIY IMHO. Also its a pretty big gamble buying all those expensive parts to only have it not work well possibly. Just my .02

[cuttingrass]

im with you on the savign money part, i went out and bought the walmart containers just to try it out, they were much larger then i expexted and the thing is that after i measured it all out (including the pvc parts needed it wouldnt fit under my crapy metal stand) i guess im just out of luck on the whole diy unless i make an all pvc pipe one