crazy skimmer idea

[sagent3000]

what would be the harm in making a protein skimmer square? it would hold more volume that a circle skimmer. what would be the drawbacks

 

[jcusmarine]

See BAKPAK from CPR aquatics...

 

[stroid]

wouldnt the water not circulate as well in a square container as compared to a circular one? you need bubbles which are created by the pump shooting into the chamber spinning around reaching the top with your goo...I could be totally off though lol

 

[jaydm93teg]

i have a CPR bakpak protein hang on skimmer that is squre on my 80 gallon and that thing works wonders.

 

[sagent3000]

the water would circulate fine i think. the water moves fine if i have a square calcium reactor. so what would be the difference? i was going to set it up just like an ASM skimmer and have 3 sedra pumps recirculating the water in the skimmer

 

[glxtrix]

lots of people have made square skimmers. I built one a long time ago for my nano. The main thing about skimmers is the air to water intake ratio....and less turbulence inside the body.

 

[sagent3000]

what should that ratio be

 

[suasati]

circular body give you higher contact time than other shapes .... and you can reduce turbulence which inturn gives you the ability to pump more water through the skimmer.

 

[glxtrix]

Read over this thread. I'm sure you could do the same design but larger.

 

[sagent3000]

Barbara;183269 wrote: William, are you thinking of doing this simply because it is easier to cut and glue the 4 walls versus finding a round cylinder of acrylic? I don't know an awful lot about skimmer types, but it does seem to me that you'd get better performance out of a round one. Although if you're going to put 3 pumps on it to recirc, round versus square might not be an issue with that much flow.

i was thinking that the 3 pumps would negate the fact that the skimmer was square. i am sure making a round one would be easier because the parts are already made they just have to be glued together