Building Your Own Skimmer??

[GaryZ]

Is it possible to build your own skimmer? I was looking at my old piece of junk and it really doesn't look like much. Given a little information, I can't see why I couldn't build a better one myself. Now that would be a fun project. If it's possible, I would really appreciate any information or links on it. Thanks.

[Reefland]

Quite a few of them posted here actually. Here is a pretty recent one:
My DIY Skimmer...
And another:
skimmer and sump set up

Do a search for DIY Skimmer, or Protein Skimmer just in the DIY forum. ;) I'm no DIY guy but I know there are quite a few posted here.

[GaryZ]

Sorry, I keep forgetting that your search function actually works here. The other forum I haunt for another hobby has had a broken search function for as long as I can remember. Thanks for the links.

[Reefland]

We try to keep things functional around here, although sometimes fixing things seems to break things (typical huh? ). Not trying to suggest that search is the answer for everything (what's a discussion forum without discussions?) but it's the best answer I have for you on this one.

[Poseidon]

Here is an excellent link for DIY skimmers.

http://www.hawkfish.org/snailman/snailmandiy.htm

There is also a TON of information on how skimmers work etc etc...

[GaryZ]

That is an excellent link. Thanks Poseidon.

[Poseidon]

No Problem! ;)

[Reefland]

We need a good way to categorize and store all of these awesome links on Reefland. ;)

[GaryZ]

That would be great. Especially for new kids like me that have missed the boat on alot of em.