DIY Cone Skimmer Kit

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

Preorder is now open!

AVAST Marine Works - CS1 Cone Skimmer Kit - Product Details

Kit:

3 assembly parts- cup, cone, base/bubble plate:

Final assembly:

Size comparison: ATB 840 cone on right:

Planning on doing a first run of 24 kits to ship on or before August 20th. That will give us time to adjust venturi to match up on the skimmer, get instructional videos up on youtube and work out packaging. Pricing for this initial run will be $160 for the kit, add a sicce psk 2500 pinwheel pump for $65, add a Swabbie for $100. We want to keep the price really reasonable on this first run of 24 units so we can get feedback, I hope a bunch of R2R members take advantage of this! We should have a preorder page up sometime soon.

Download Assembly Video: http://www.avastmarine.com/videos/CS1_Assembly.mov

Second batch of kits under production, shipping on or before September 17th.

This post will be updated as more information becomes available.

inactive · Jul 22, 2010

Elaborate..

Mr E Wrasse · Jul 22, 2010

Kraylen said:
Elaborate..

+1... sounds interesting....

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

That was fast...

Just like our YOU Built media reactors and calcium reactors, except a cone skimmer :wink:

You would get all the CNC cut parts, plumbing precut, holes drilled and tapped, instructional videos, product support, etc. and build your own cone skimmer in a few hours over the course of a weekend.

TopNotchCorals · Jul 22, 2010

AVAST Marine said:
That was fast...

Just like our YOU Built media reactors and calcium reactors, except a cone skimmer :wink:

You would get all the CNC cut parts, plumbing precut, holes drilled and tapped, instructional videos, product support, etc. and build your own cone skimmer in a few hours over the course of a weekend.

I dont even need one but this sounds fun

sal9012 · Jul 22, 2010

i'm in :wink:

Troylee · Jul 22, 2010

So you talking a glue it yourself skimmer???

RaysReef · Jul 22, 2010

how much would this kit cost? So basically you would supply all the parts and we just put it together ourselves? What would be the advantage of just buy one from you fully built? I do love the GS1 skimmer I originally got from you. I would rather just buy it already done *plug & play*

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

Well I am working the night shift at the shop tonight, the thermo forming oven if fired up and the cone mold is greased......

Troylee · Jul 22, 2010

Tell ya what send me a kit and I'll build it for these guys with a detailed thread and pics...j/k lol... I love the diy!!!!
Keep up the great ideas!!!!1smile1

TopNotchCorals · Jul 22, 2010

SoGoneRG said:
how much would this kit cost? So basically you would supply all the parts and we just put it together ourselves? What would be the advantage of just buy one from you fully built? I do love the GS1 skimmer I originally got from you. I would rather just buy it already done *plug & play*

Im sure the difference would be the cost.

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

SoGoneRG said:
how much would this kit cost? So basically you would supply all the parts and we just put it together ourselves? What would be the advantage of just buy one from you fully built? I do love the GS1 skimmer I originally got from you. I would rather just buy it already done *plug & play*

Plug and play "AVAST Built" will be an option as well. Some like to "plug and play" and some like DIY, it's all good. Price would be about 30% lower on a kit than a prebuilt.

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

@ troylee, I'm game. I see mojo is here too....

Troylee · Jul 22, 2010

This would be cool!!!!! I don't need another skimmer at the moment but I love to build thangs!!!!!
What about the pump and volute??? On your own??

J&O'sdad · Jul 22, 2010

Would they come in different sizes?

Troylee · Jul 22, 2010

AVAST Marine said:
@ troylee, I'm game. I see mojo is here too....

Lets do this!!!!!

AVAST Marine · Jul 22, 2010

troylee said:
This would be cool!!!!! I don't need another skimmer at the moment but I love to build thangs!!!!!
What about the pump and volute??? On your own??

Honestly, the goal would be to assemble the components so someone with zero experience working with acrylic could build this, you may be a tad overqualified :bigsmile: Maybe you could build one and then we could give it to Rev to use as a R2R contest prize?

Pump and volute, we have several cases of PSK 2500's on the shelf with a box of injection molded pinwheels that are currently collecting dust since we dropped the GS1 to focus on the Swabbie. I was thinking staying closer to 750lph on a 7" cone body, 4" neck and a 5/8" reducer on the intake. Should be a nice reliable setup for 150 gallon tanks.