Skimmer Shape

[digitalreefer]

Ok... while looking over the price of large acrylic tubes and talking to Chris about the giant skimmer he's building, I began wondering... why are skimmers round?

Aqua C puts out some quality skimmers with a square mixing box and many HOB skimmers are square shaped. Is there a reason aside from aesthetics that most skimmers are round? If they offer better performance, how much could it be that it wouldn't be more cost effective to build with square acrylic sheets and go slightly bigger?

Thoughts?

 

[House of Laughter]

Round is sound!

House

 

[scarf_ace1981]

thanks for bringing this up eric. it's a question i've had for a long time. hey chris you forgot to show me the beast!

 

[digitalreefer]

Same goes for reactors and the like... they'd be MUCH cheaper to construct from regular acrylic.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

My skimmer is rectangular

 

[Vision06]

probably easier to make.

 

[jackson6745]

Eric I think a square skimmer would work just as well.....never tried it though.

 

[jhale]

are bubbles square :scratchch

just kidding, most are round I think because you can buy
tubes and not have to make a box from scratch.

 

[Blue02celi]

and curves are SEXY

 

[digitalreefer]

and curves are SEXY

Curves are sexy on a woman... cheaper is sexy on a skimmer! :lol2:

 

[DEEPWATER]

only thing i can come up with as aplumber ,,having water going into a round tube in sted square box ,is the water is spread evenly with a round skimmer then a square one_ where i would say you are lossing bubble when it hits the corners of a square skimmer JMO ,,i could be worng

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Curves are sexy on a woman... cheaper is sexy on a skimmer! :lol2:

Umm Eric, cheaper can be sexy on a woman too :lol2:

 

[DEEPWATER]

Umm Eric, cheaper can be sexy on a woman too :lol2:

Cheap women are not sexy ,theya re cheap :groupflip

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

LOL and Ronen for some that's sexy

 

[digitalreefer]

Umm Eric, cheaper can be sexy on a woman too :lol2:

That is indeed yoda like advice.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

And for some this is sexy!!!!

 

[scarf_ace1981]

:Blurp:

:backtotop

 

[digitalreefer]

... and the downward spiral begins.

 

[Vision06]

Thanks for the future nightmares Chiefmcfuz.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

how about if you made the square skimmer and put rounded pieces of acrylic in the corners and weld on em...