Im quarantining a blue damsel and it has massive cyano growth in its tank. So I thought of a water bottle skimmer. Then I saw it completed on reefcentral and I decided to make one.
I used an ice mountain water bottle and punched holes about an inch below where the neck starts to taper. Then I cut off the bottom, cut a hole in the neck, and fed airline through the hole till the line was about 3/4 of an inch above the bottom. Then I drilld a 1in hole in an aquadine food container (big kind, the lfs has it in large tubes, kinda like bulk jellybeans) and pushed it onto the neck and glued it in place, drilled a hole at the bottom of the container and have airline draining the funk out. It is attached to the side of the tank by a suction cup and uses a red sea wooden airstone.
Well, I hate to say, it works. It works better than the backpak 2 reef I have on my 55.
Just thought I would share.
I used an ice mountain water bottle and punched holes about an inch below where the neck starts to taper. Then I cut off the bottom, cut a hole in the neck, and fed airline through the hole till the line was about 3/4 of an inch above the bottom. Then I drilld a 1in hole in an aquadine food container (big kind, the lfs has it in large tubes, kinda like bulk jellybeans) and pushed it onto the neck and glued it in place, drilled a hole at the bottom of the container and have airline draining the funk out. It is attached to the side of the tank by a suction cup and uses a red sea wooden airstone.
Well, I hate to say, it works. It works better than the backpak 2 reef I have on my 55.
Just thought I would share.
