Installing a Biocube Protein Skimmer??

[spanko]

I don't know if the skimmer will still hang there but you can always use the included suction cups to stick it to the back or side wall of chamber #1.
Cut with a Dremel tool or I used a razor knife. Be careful if that is how you do it but I cut the wall on the display side down first then you can score the plastic across a few times to meet the original height and it will snap off fairly easily.

 

[tirtza]

I cut the wall using a couple of really sharp kitchen knives...which are now probably dull
The plastic was tough to cut but I managed to cut into it enough that all I needed to do was take a pare of pliers and twist/pull it off. It's not a 'clean' looking cut by any means but it certainly increased the water flow by a LOT! I also started taking out some more of the bio-balls. I've been taking out the bioballs little by little over the past several months, and I probably have 1/2 (or a little less then 1/2) of what the BioCube originally came with. The only new problem that I've noticed is that with the removal more of the BioBalls combined with the huge increase in water flow there's a pretty significant increase in the sound of running water in the back chambers.
It's not a huge problem, but if you have any suggestions to muffle that sound I would definitely appreciate it
*The protein skimmer doesn't have anything to hang on to and the suction cups are kind of useless. However it still sits wedged in that first chamber, kind of resting on the chamber floor.

 

[spanko]

Place some more floss directly under the waterfall to quiet the noise. Also as you remove the biomedia you can raise the water level. Just add more salt water to get the level almost or at the top of the glass in the third chamber. This will also help with the noise.