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I was looking at the pond skimmer the other day and noticed the filter sock adapter, and took some inspiration from it. Using the included media bag, you can stretch it around the lip of the skimmer body, leaving most of the media chamber empty(I have one layer of sponge beneath the bag) the skimmer top then press and twists into place, holding the media bag in place. I can imagine a 3D printed part that sits between the main body and the top, with a better way to attach a media bag as a skimmer sock, but this works well enough(it's just ugly) The media bag acts as a skimmer net, or filter sock, catching duckweed and large detritus to be easily dumped out. This setup doesn't allow for a lot of biofiltration, and is best used as a prefilter for another filter.

Setup uses filter material in the Black Hole Skimmer, so the water is pre-filtered before entering the canister filter. This allows the canister to be cleaned less frequently. This is one of our customer's setups.

We are now including a 25mm adapter that will allow the Black Hole Skimmer to be used with AquaMiricle and Odyssea EX250 powerheads. If an adapter was not included in your box, then please contact us and we will ship one to you right away.