Hanger for Protein Skimmer

Bought a new PS that either sticks to the side of the tank inside or has a hanger to hang it with. Discovered that the hanger is not wide enough for the lip of my tank so we tried using the suction cups. They're not strong enough and the PS keeps sliding down to the bottom.

Anyhow does anyone have a suggestion on how to make a wider hanger?
Need to fit an 1" and a half top. The one we have is 5/8".

 

can you get an image up Chyortix?

if we could see the unit and the hanger, it may generate some ideas

Steve

 

an image would def help, but this seems like a zip tie temp fix till ya find a permamnent soution

 

without seeing a pic cant do much to help but acrylic would definatly be a good option

 

I hope the link below works. This is what it looks like.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquarium-Pr...ltDomain_0&hash=item35bc23ad29#ht_1467wt_1135

 

Sounds like a good reason to plumb up a sump! ;-)

 

Not familiar with that model, but recognize the style and thus can work out the bracket situation

I had an internal air driven Berlin skimmer some time ago, and had same issue with Euro braced tank and suckers that did not stick

do you have any spare magnet mounts from wavemakers such as Korallias or better still Seio ? the Sei are best for this as they are oblong blocks
you can either
1 - if the bracket back plate is far enough away from skimmer, secure this with the wet side magnet on the inside of the bracket plastic and the dry side on the outside of the tank

2 - superglue the wet side of the magnet to the backplate where the suckers used to be and then connect to tank with dry side on the outside of tank

if you are going to use the skimmer for a while
you could also consider

lowering the water level
applying superglue to the suckers
affixing the skimmer bracket where you want it
it will set very quickly and then you refil the tank

the magnet mount conversion would be my preffered solution as it can be removed easily should you want to remove it

Steve

 

The bracket back plate is only 5/8" and the top of the tank is 1 1/4" wide so therefore the bracket doesn't fit over the top of the tank not wide enough.
But the superglue solution may be an option.

Thanks

 

...this is the second time I have seen this same skimmer on this site with "issues"..you might want to consider returning it if possible, before modifying it to a point where you are stuck with it. JMO. : )
Good luck though.

 

Think we have it figured out.
Thanks for the replies