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January Meeting 1/14/12 @ 6PM! - OFFICER ELECTIONS!

Beau is hosting the January Meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 6PM.  It will be BYOB as well as a snack to share and raffle items are always welcome.  It has been requested that there be “NO SHOES” on the carpet due to it being a whitish color.

He doesn’t have a tank to view but we will have plenty to discuss in hopes that it will get the NEW YEAR off to a good start.  The annual membership fees are due, so now would be a good time to get them in to our Treasurer Stacey Hahn.   Fees are $20 per individual or $25 per family

Attendance was low at the election meeting in November and no votes were taken at December’s meeting so we have decided to take votes for anyone that didn’t get the opportunity in November and will be attending this meeting.  
We will add the votes to November’s ballots and the announcement will be made during the meeting so we can go forward.
NOMINATIONS:
President:  Jim & Nacho
V. President: Ed, Bo & Daniel Leigey
Treasurer: Stacey
Secretary: Carmen & Angie

Let’s hope the New Year brings new members, returning members and new ideas.  The club is always willing to take suggestions to get the most out of the hobby we all enjoy.

Please PM Nate C. by clicking here for directions if you are not a club member.  

Club members can click here to go to the club member only forum to get directions.

Hope to see you all there!


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Author Topic: Low Cost DIY Soda Bottle Protein Skimmer  (Read 1204 times)
MartyK
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« on: March 02, 2007, 03:08:04 am »

Hi Everyone - As part of restarting my 55, I decided to try my hand at designing a protein skimmer.  I can't really vouch for the design yet, but it seems to be skimming reasonably well.  The cost is mainly in the pump - otherwise it uses some PVC parts (maybe $10 worth) and a bunch of 2 liter soda bottles.  It's definitely an in-sump skimmer - not leak tight.

If anyone is interested, I'll take pictures and describe how I built it (next time I need to take it apart).

Not sure how to add a photo here, so I'll see if I can put one in the photo gallery.

Marty


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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2007, 04:23:15 am »

Very interesting.  What are you using to introduce the air into the stream?
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2007, 11:14:51 pm »

I have seen the design for these on a dIY website for SW tanks.  Pretty neat stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2007, 01:05:31 am »

John -

The skimmer uses a needle wheel impeller pump that comes with an "air induction fitting" to inject the air.

Angel -  I looked over several different DIY designs on the web before I started, but the final product turned out to be my own design. 
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2007, 02:53:08 am »

Then please share DIY are always good to read.
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2007, 07:26:32 pm »

I've posted a series of pictures in my gallery.  It looks like they got posted in reverse order. 
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