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Posted	Protein Skimmer
25-11-2006 18:17 by paul stevens	What would the benefits be from using a Protein Skimmer on a tropical fish tank...?
25-11-2006 18:17 by jonie	dont fink there is any paul
25-11-2006 18:19 by paul stevens	So because ive not got a marine tank as yet why do you use one in a marine tank..
25-11-2006 18:20 by jonie	protein removing lol
25-11-2006 18:34 by mikk	none
25-11-2006 18:40 by paul stevens	So why are they used in a marine tank then.....
25-11-2006 19:08 by keith t	paul read this http://www.aquariumfish.net/pages/protein_skimmer.htm
25-11-2006 19:10 by wayne	it takes out the protienand fish waste /coral waste (more fish waste ) and it wouldnt work in fresh because you wont get the finer bubbles needed, it doesnt disolve aswell in fresh,
25-11-2006 19:34 by paul stevens	OK thanks guys. Just that they advertise them for marine and freshwater.
25-11-2006 20:45 by Phill Austen	Paul, I dont think a skimmer can be as efficient in freshwater for the reasons that Wayne mentions, but anything that can improve the condition of the fishwaste and bacteria soup that we keep fish in must be worth investigating. I think it has been done with very tall columns and loads of air that give more contact time with the water.
26-11-2006 12:22 by Ed	Wayne hit the nail on the head there paul,to sell a skimmer for a tropical tank is just a gimmick.When people are at the seaside you will see the water foaming when the water hits the sandbed which is natures way of skimming unwanted particles from the sea you will not see this on a river as it has its own way of getting rid of pollutants so i just think its another way of skimming the fishkeeper.
26-11-2006 12:26 by paul stevens	Thanks all.
26-11-2006 12:49 by bluboy	i red in a book it wouldnt do anything at all
26-11-2006 22:56 by Phill Austen	I have heard an account of it being useful on a large dealer's discus system
27-11-2006 08:51 by k.o.d	You can get freshwater skimmers as they sell them for ponds, but to be of any effect they have to be BIG, and thus unsightly, the principle is exactly the same but as stated before, the bubbles produced do not work as well to produce the skimmate as in a marine tank So saying I was in Kesh aquatics in Immingham a couple of weeks ago and he had a prototype skimmer that was skimming freshwater and was not too big, really good results too
27-11-2006 10:41 by Alan	Freshwater skimmers are being researched but there is nothing on the market worth bothering with if anything at all. Salt water has different properties that lend it to efficient foam fractionation I would hold off on the freshwater option for a good few years yet.

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