redtops 360g plywood adventure

[redtop03]

my diy skimmer....

and for size comparison,here it is next to 1 of my turbo flotor bodies

it's starting to foam better too,I guess it's started breaking in

and the beautiful nog shot :lol: about a half gallon of nasty stuff

 

[EyeReef]

Hey Willie! Welcome to SCR!!!
Thanks for sharing your awesome build with us over here

 

[redtop03]

short video of my tank.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIGeYv2N0s





actually,it's more of a video of my clowns and anemones LOL

 

[redtop03]

Hey Willie! Welcome to SCR!!!
Thanks for sharing your awesome build with us over here

LOL no need to thank me,I love doing this mike,great forum you got here LOL

 

[redtop03]

I just kinda hit the high spots and posted a lot of pics,didn't really explain the build process but if anybody wants to know how or why I did anything,just ask..I'll explain it as best as I can remember

 

[jessesoto33]

WOW! nice Skimmer! would you make, and sell one?

 

[ReeferChick85]

Well look who posted their build thread lol!! Shall I go OT on you as pay back Willie???:evil: hahaha!!!

Anyways I'm loving the progress and I totally dig your DIY skimmer! Nicely done! Why don't you share some info on how you came about that beast!

btw, I love your Dory! She's purty!!

 

[FOSELONE]

:ciao: Willy...that is a crazy tank you got there :top:
welcomepic

 

[redtop03]

Well look who posted their build thread lol!! Shall I go OT on you as pay back Willie???:evil: hahaha!!!

Anyways I'm loving the progress and I totally dig your DIY skimmer! Nicely done! Why don't you share some info on how you came about that beast!

btw, I love your Dory! She's purty!!

thanks kat,I don't mind goin OT...I can't stay OT long,short attention span I have or something...what was we talking about again.....oh yea dory is a gorgeous fish LOL

dory is her name too,she's my favorite tang...she was a tiny thing when I got her and she's growing like a weed,but she's still a little skiddish when I have my hand in the tank,the other 2 will eat from my fingers LOL

the beast....LOL....it's just a chopped up DIY skimmer I traded for and added about 4 feet of pvc pipe + another sedra 5000 NW pump hoping to make a skimmer big enough to handle my tank,although it skims great,I'm not convinced it's doing enough.....

Tom had the Reeflo orca too cheap for me to pass up so it'll be going in there soon as I get it cleaned up and ready

 

[redtop03]

WOW! nice Skimmer! would you make, and sell one?

thank you.....I don't have the ability to make the flange and a lot of other stuff,I cut another DIY skimmer apart that I traded for and added the PVC to it to make it taller....

I wouldn't try to sell something as ugly as this thing is anyway,it works great but it's ugly.....

some of the fittings are reused,if you look closely at the unions on the pumps,you can see where I heated the pipe to remove old plumbing so I could reuse it,I'm a tight wad when it come to inventing something,I don't want to spend a lot of money on something that might not work...I've already spent enough on PVC to buy most of the equipment I needed anyway LOL

 

[redtop03]

:ciao: Willy...that is a crazy tank you got there :top:
welcomepic

thank you...and thank everybody for the warm welcomes,you guys have a really nice forum here....I may not get to spend a lot of time here but I'll jump in every so often and try to give Kat a reason to ban my butt LOL

 

[redtop03]

well,I got this much today...the body should be here tomorrow.....

the pump is clean and ready to make bubbles :smile:

 

[dwolson2]

very nice! are you going to finish the top?

 

[redtop03]

thank you,I hope to someday....with work and all,I've not had time to do much more than just keep everything alive...and been trying to pay off some credit cards,so money is tight too

 

[evad1]

very nice build

 

[james-lee]

Wow just beautiful!

 

[redtop03]

thanks guys...I got a few more goodies today...

and my big a$$ skimmer...this thing is huge....

more pics to come after all this is installed,plus some side by side pics of the lights

 

[ReeferChick85]

I like Willie! That skimmer is cool! I had a friend who had that same one and worked awesome!

 

[ReeferChick85]

thank you...and thank everybody for the warm welcomes,you guys have a really nice forum here....I may not get to spend a lot of time here but I'll jump in every so often and try to give Kat a reason to ban my butt LOL

Let the games begin Willie :evil: hahaha!!!

 

[redtop03]

I like Willie! That skimmer is cool! I had a friend who had that same one and worked awesome!

thanks Kat,that's the skimmer that Tom had for sale a week or so ago,it should do a great job on my tank