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Old 09/23/2007, 03:05 PM
pjf pjf is offline
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Question Filtering Skimmer Gravity Intake

I am interested in building a skimmer with a gravity-feed, a wetneck and a ring feed (or "halo" per Hahnmeister). To prevent them from clogging, I need to filter particulate matter from the gravity feed.
(1) How do spray injection skimmers (Downdraft, Beckett, AquaC) solve the clogging problem?
(2) What is the best way to filter the gravity feed?
Thanks!

Here is a wetneck:

Here is an ring feed on an ATB skimmer:

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