Venting a skimmer outside. Has anyone done it?

[Townes_Van_Camp]

He’s not wanting to draw air in.. he’s wanting to vent the smell outside..

Oh well in that case, a bathroom exhaust fan would be good to go. Sorry OP.

 

[Troylee]

but if your skimmer overflows you'll get an alk and ph spike.

I don’t know that it would because it’s not a sealed container.. lots of air drawn in would kill the kalk and it’s properties… I’m curious how this even helps with the smell to be honest..

 

[Spicy Reef]

This is along the lines of what I was thinking, but given that I just paid like $800 for this skimmer, I'm not really wanting to permanently change the cup. Also, I like your design better for the lid, because you have a longer acrylic piece that directs the skimate down. Mine is very short, and I feel like skimate would get in the barbed fitting. I regularly have skimate escape though the holes on the top of the lid.

I actually figured out that Reef Octopus sells a replacement lid for a reasonable price that adds this attachment, but it's out of stock everywhere

Whiskey

Can't you print one? Now that would be a fun project

 

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Can't you print one? Now that would be a fun project

I sell one:

ParlaCarbon - 150mm Skimmer Carbon Cap

3D printed skimmer cap to hold bags of carbon to reduce odors from operation. This Skimmer cap was designed for UltraReef UKB-120 skimmers.

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