Air Driven Skimmer
Everythign was built to the exact dimensions and calculations from Aquatic Systems Engineering: Devices and How They Function by P. R. Escobal. http://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Systems-Engineering-Devices-Function/dp/1888381051%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbookfindercom0e%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1888381051

Had to take this bad boy outside to get a decent photo, huh? Love to see the foam this thing produces once in op and tuned!!! :D

After 12 hours of use.

Nice foam... looks like it got some nasties on the perehrials. Glad to see you got it going!!! better watch out or that blob might escape! This is great! Might I ask you do a more detailed summary on this build on this thread, if you don't mind?

That is fine. I actually wasn't ready for it skim. I was planning on a break in period. I don't even have a lid or drain line for it. Titan II is already under construction. I will try and photo-document it more than the first.

damn nice skimage.!..... lol dose this skimmer suck all the water out of your tank when you turn it on? must hold like 5 gallons.... anyway yea i would like more details on this its supa kool

It holds exactly 3 gallons. That is still a lot of water.

Ouch. Like you said must have lots of room in the sump for a power outage. Or like I said you could dig a pit in the house to put the skimmer in for a more respectible amount of water returned in a failed power event. Keep us posted on the next build - If time and location allows, I'd like to come by.

I want to make one thing looks like it dose a great job like chris said keep us posted

Update
This thing is really starting to pump out some nasty crud. It is not fully up to speed yet as the optimal water level is just slightly above the last joint, which is not glued for cleaning purposes.