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      Skimmer Guards

      Quote Originally Posted by catfish whiskers View Post
      Speaking of skimmers, here's a neat skimmer guard that We made for an in wall skimmer recently, thanks to Ricshaw for finding this neat idea. Professional Ricshaw Model not included.




      I am starting a new thread on skimmer guards for skimmers.


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      This is the template I made of the above skimmer guard.

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      The template I made of the faceplate is a different size than what I need.

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      The reason I want the faceplate guard is to keep tosai out of the skimmer.

      This is were the idea came from:




      I know they sell these in the U.K., I have not found a source in the U.S.


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      What is the material made out of mr Ricshaw?
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      Quote Originally Posted by OCkoiFan View Post
      What is the material made out of mr Ricshaw?
      I did not make the one pictured. It is my understanding that it is made out of fiberglass composite.

      I was planning on making mine out of 1/8" gray PVC sheet.


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      Quote Originally Posted by ricshaw View Post
      The template I made of the faceplate is a different size than what I need.

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      I made a template to fit my skimmer.

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      Looks good Rich .
      The original was made from fiberglass sheet only because it was available , but any flat plastic sheet would work.

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      Here is how I attached it . I made a PVC frame that slides in to the skimmer body , and is removable .
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      I bolted two PVC Tee's into the top of the skimmer , that the frame slides into.

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      The two bolts (red arrows )act as pins ,and are simply slid in and out to remove the faceplate frame

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      Forgot to mention that the frame was 1/2" PVC , and the T's are 3/4" , so that the 1/2" legs will slide all the way in .
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      Well done. I really like the diagonal slots. They allow skimming at all water levels. I had horizontal bars that don't allow true surface skimming when the water level lowers a bit.

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      I might try to make a koi symbol with the plate hopefully
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      Quote Originally Posted by Pond,James_Pond View Post
      Well done. I really like the diagonal slots. They allow skimming at all water levels. I had horizontal bars that don't allow true surface skimming when the water level lowers a bit.

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      That's exactly the idea , horizontal slots would be less effective with water level changes

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      Quote Originally Posted by OCkoiFan View Post
      I might try to make a koi symbol with the plate hopefully
      Thank you socal buddies
      Just don't make the koi silhouette the same size as Your fish, or the same direction they swim they might swim in .

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      Here is the template for my other pool skimmer with 6" x 5.5" opening.

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      I need to do something like this to mine. I have stupid bullfrogs that get into my skimmer. One of them got into the drain line and clogged it up the other day. Hmm... wonder if my 3D printer can print something big enough?

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      At under 10$ I have been very happy with these:
      https://express.google.com/product/1...FR2zTwodWpcHuw

      I did need to make a few adjustments when I first bought them, trimming down one side of the securing tabs. Maybe 20 minutes of work, and they have performed perfectly.

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      Quote Originally Posted by mplskoi View Post
      At under 10$ I have been very happy with these:
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      I did need to make a few adjustments when I first bought them, trimming down one side of the securing tabs. Maybe 20 minutes of work, and they have performed perfectly.
      What is the distance between the HydroTools 8959 Skimmer Screen bars?


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      Quote Originally Posted by ricshaw View Post
      What is the distance between the HydroTools 8959 Skimmer Screen bars?
      Too dark to go out and measure right now, but I would say just under an inch. Maybe 3/4 to 7/8.

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      What is the distance between the HydroTools 8959 Skimmer Screen bars?
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      Too dark to go out and measure right now, but I would say just under an inch. Maybe 3/4 to 7/8.
      Also... Are the screen bars vertical or horizontal? 7/8" might allow a tosai to swim through.

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