So today at work I was thinking about how I was going to make my skimmer for my 8 gallon Bio Cube. My original plan was to make an 8in PVC skimmer that I could mount in the second chamber of the BC8.
Then I got to thinking. Using the pump that the kit comes with wouldn't it be possible just to eliminate the tubing and fasten the skimmer's intake to the out on the pump, run it through the skimmer and out through the power head-like thing on the tank?
Has anyone tried this or thought of it?
One of the considerations is the limited space in the third compartment. Instead of making an 8in skimmer it would have to be about 6.5in instead, as the pump takes up some of the room in the third compartment. I like this idea because then I could use the middle chamber as a fuge, with the skimmer in there, there would not really be enough room for fuge.
Then I got to thinking. Using the pump that the kit comes with wouldn't it be possible just to eliminate the tubing and fasten the skimmer's intake to the out on the pump, run it through the skimmer and out through the power head-like thing on the tank?
Has anyone tried this or thought of it?
One of the considerations is the limited space in the third compartment. Instead of making an 8in skimmer it would have to be about 6.5in instead, as the pump takes up some of the room in the third compartment. I like this idea because then I could use the middle chamber as a fuge, with the skimmer in there, there would not really be enough room for fuge.