Needlewheel to Meshwheel skimmer mod

[fkshiu]

Did it this weekend (thanks to Delphinus for the Enkamat).

Works like a charm. There are definitely more and smaller bubbles and almost 2x the amount of skimmate that I normally have after 4 days. Not bad for a half hour's work involving a few pieces of mesh and a couple zip ties.

I was also fortunate enough not to have the skimmer overflow as others have experienced.

Note also that adding the mesh was all I did. I did not do anything to the venturi or even ream out the intake (my drill is currently down for the count). And I simply have a ER 6-2 w/a Sedra 5000 sitting in my sump. The only previous mod was adding a gate valve (i.e. no recirc, gravity feed, etc).