JR
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Does anyone have a suggestion or plans for making a waste collector for a protien skimmer?
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AquaNerd
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are you talking about the collector that goes immediately on top of your protein skimmer?
JR
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Yes, the protien skimmer I have has a connection on the waste cup for an external waste collector. I tried a water bottle with a hole cut in the cap to run the hose thru, but this did not work very well.
AquaNerd
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i use a 1/2 gallon watter jug. i remove the cap entirely and let the hose go through there. it's just a plastic water jug with a handle so it works great for me.
JR
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That was the problem with the water bottle. I came home yesterday to water on the floor because the bottle had filled up and overflowed. I was just wandering if anyone had come up with a good designe for a DIY waste collector.
AquaNerd
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was the jug filled with skimmate or water? if it was skimmate, you have to empty every once in a while. i can leave my jug in place for about a week and a half or more before i have to empty it. and it stinks like butt when i have to empty it lol.
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keep looking on the board. you see them for less than 50.00. well worth it for piece of mind.
tvu
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the professional containers have a ball in them to stop flooding from occuring.
chriskb3
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tvu said:
A ping pong ball to be exact
all it does is rise with the over flowing skimmate/water and seal a whole which lets the air escape out of the collector. this causes a back pressure in the whole skimmer system causing the foam head in the skimmer to fall and no longer produce skimmate.
i'd think that a piece of pvc/acrylic tube (slightly larger diameter than a ping pong ball) and a cap with a ~3/4" hole drilled in the top attached to the top of your collector would do the trick with some tweaking.
