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Thanks for the complement Shaun

rgds,
Jon

Shaun,

My new one is about 80cm long and about 15cm off the floor of my filter. If you have too much air water will come out instead of bubbles/foam. I'm still using the old style of mine, I just made it nicer

[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/Koi38/PSkimmer.jpg[/img]

rgds,
Jon

Andy, Mine is about 1.2m tall including the exit pipe. So the 100mm pipe is about 80cm. But you have to consider where you want to install the unit. I can't tell how much air I'm using coz I just "T" it off from my BD air pump(60Lpm) with control valve using 2 ceramic 40mm air stones :) If...

well i've built one of these air powered protein thingys and no matter how much air or how low in the water i put it i just can't get it to produce any foam!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: does this mean the pond is void of the neccessary stuff or what? From experienced since I built mine I don't get any more...

right heres a queery. is the 90 degree downward bend really neccessary on the water return? if so why? if not why is it there? I just added the elbow coz I've noticed bubbles were coming out of the return, so this elbow actually prevented that and now all bubbles goes to exit pipe :) You don't need...

Detailled sketch please - dying to know hoe you reduced from the 4" pipe. Big John You can use PET bottle(coke plastic bottle 2L). You cut it just where the lable is to give you approx 4" dia. So you'll have like a funnel. Then you just cut where the cap is to suit the 40mm pipe. I used s...

Hi All,

Here is the new one I made. This one has 2 layers, a thicker grade s/s in the inside for extra strenght Constrution was exactly the same

[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/Koi38/MScreen.jpg[/img]

Big John wrote:Yes, don't know why they're being so shy.

Hi Big John,

Maybe your koi are not used to to have paparazzi in your pond

Man next time tell me if its video or pics so I'll know when to have pop corn

Hi Bob, I wouldn't recommend it without the backwash system coz it will clog in no time. Let me put this way. I did a maintenace in the morning before in my filter and turned off all 3 pumps(including the backwash), then I went out for lunch and came back few hours later to find the screen collapsed...

GERRY5 wrote:it never ends john it never ends

Couldn't agree more

The things we do for our beloved jewels

Hi Big John,

As I mentioned, I applied a thin layer of silicon to prevent the foam from deteriorating and also its a lot easier to clean the unit

Hi B.Scott, So far I have no problem with the unit. I thought about the static before this but I've decided with this unit due to it was easier to make, well for me anyway :wink: and it will save me more water than static when it comes to maintenance(we have water restriction here stage 3 :shock: ) ...

Cashybai wrote:Nearly forgot, its S N A F U as well....

Hi Neil,

It doesn't matter if they're different so long it works for us. Don't you love this unit Yes pls, share your version to us

kimr wrote:Hi Jon
I have been thinking about how I could build my own protien skimmer and this one looks good. But being a woman I need more information on how it work's. Could you please explain it to me so I can maybe copy your idea.
Thank you

Hi Kim,

Here is a simple diagram