protein skimmer..Awesome!!!

[Brutuscz]

I saw a thread on koiphen about a DIY protein skimmer. I figured..what the heck? I already had a 900gph pump laying around and an air pump with manifold and 6 airstones. A trip to home depot...cost about $10-15. I also had some 2"pvc..so I used that. I built a skimmer similar to the one in this picture(lifted off koiphen). It is Da Bomb!!! Took out 2 gallons of brown garbage the first day. Took about 1-1.5 gallons each day for the next 2 days. My water has never been more clear!!! Not a drop of foam on the surface of the water. Really happy with this project...Highly recommended!!!

[cocoyboy]

How does it work dude?

[gjs63]

I am glad that you had such good success with this protien skimmer, I have been thinking of trying this ever since I saw the original post. Can you show a picture of how the skimmer looks hooked up? Joyce

[Brutuscz]

Mine looks like the ghetto version of this one...but I'll snap some pictures later.

[Russell Peters]

Protien skimmers are awesome, they use them on all of the tanks at the Dutch Koi Show, with great results.

[KoiCCAPW]

Here's an interesting thread on an Austrailian Koi board about protein skimmers. There's some detail on construction. Looks similar to this one.

http://ksakoi.com/bb/index.php?topic=168.0

[ZUROBI3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brutuscz I saw a thread on koiphen about a DIY protein skimmer. I figured..what the heck? I already had a 900gph pump laying around and an air pump with manifold and 6 airstones. A trip to home depot...cost about $10-15. I also had some 2"pvc..so I used that. I built a skimmer similar to the one in this picture(lifted off koiphen). It is Da Bomb!!! Took out 2 gallons of brown garbage the first day. Took about 1-1.5 gallons each day for the next 2 days. My water has never been more clear!!! Not a drop of foam on the surface of the water. Really happy with this project...Highly recommended!!!

Hi how can I get some information about how to do this DIY protein skimmer, we're trying to buy one or make one, can you help me

[ricshaw]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZUROBI3 Hi how can I get some information about how to do this DIY protein skimmer, we're trying to buy one or make one, can you help me

A picture is worth a 1000 words, but I do not have a picture of the DIY I use.

The bubbles come from from a swimming pool jet.

I have attached a picture of the original idea that was published in Koi USA.

I have made a couple modifications.

When the weather gets better, I will try and remember to take a picture.

-Richard

[Paultergeist]

Hey Richard,

Based on that little diagram, it seems like the foam would have to travel a considerable vetical distance before being able to get dumped out of the aeration column. I would think that a taller aeration column -- with the water exiting near the top and the foam outlet just a little bit higher than the "turn" the water takes to flow onward -- would be more efficient?

What the heck are dietary protein comments doing in this thread?

[PapaBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by Paultergeist ... What the heck are dietary protein comments doing in this thread?

I get the feeling that someone googled up "protein" and started posting up questions anywhere they got a hit without regard to relevance of the topic at hand...