first double beckett

[hobogato]

here is the skimmer i am building for my aquatic science setup in my classroom. it is 4' tall and i am planning on running it with a mag24. all i have left to do is add the inlet plumbing.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aqskimmer.jpg

[villjr]

You can build skimmers also. Good to know.

[hobogato]

;) - hey ernest, when are you coming by ???

[villjr]

I probably won't make it by this week. I'm busy all week and weekend. How's that hammer frag doing. Mine's begun to grow new heads and split.

[LoneStar]

Looks good Ace! made some progress from last night :shades

[hobogato]

well, i finished the skimmer and the sump for the classroom setup as well. for scale, those are 13" tiles on the floor.
the sump is 6.5' long X 20" wide X 18" tall.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aqskimmer_sump.jpg

[gjuarez]

Ace, thats awesome man. How big is the tank at school?

[hobogato]

27 @ 20 gallons each. 3 of those will be fuges, the rest will be for groups of kids to stock and maintain

[carlinsa]

its a 12 gallon eclipse :)

[matt]

I don't know if you've built one of these before, but trying to keep a tall beckett adjusted with ball valves, especially trying to balance 2 outputs, is not going to be easy. You might consider combining the the outputs into one big gate valve. Also, personally I wouldn't consider using a mag pump for a big skimmer; it'll work waaayy better with a decent pressure pump, maybe an iwaki 70rlt or pan world the same size, if you're using 6" tube and the total height is about 4 feet.

It looks good; I'm just passing on some experience. BTW, I can't see how you have the air adjustment to the beckett housings.

[hobogato]

thanks matt. i have the air valve on the top of each beckett chamber. i chose the mag pump because i am using a mag12 on my single beckett, and it is working fine. if it doesnt work well once i set it up, then i will know to switch the pump first.