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 rw1298


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Post Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:07 am GMT   Reply      

i have an african planted tank and over the last month i have noticed a layer of protien on the surface of the water and i have an old red sea skimmer from another tank can i use it on my fresh water tank ?



 gumbii


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Post Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:03 pm GMT   Reply      

nope...

it's probably oil from the fish food or something... i would get some surface aggitation going on... lower the tank's level or add some air bubbles... you could also take it off using paper towels...



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Post Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:30 pm GMT   Reply      

i tried the first 2 ideas but not the paper towels. hmmm i will try that .,



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Post Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:00 pm GMT   Reply      

another thing you could get is a surface skimmer attachement for your filter...

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3579+12703&pcatid=12703

maybe it will help...???



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Post Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:04 am GMT   Reply      

thank you gumbii



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Post Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:28 am GMT   Reply      

no prob bob...



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Post Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:24 am GMT   Reply      

That's a neat find gumbii. I hate bubblers. The only one I have now is one of those hydor arios (fully submersed) makes no freaking noise. Could I run that attatchment off a spraybar?



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Post Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:17 am GMT   Reply      

um... what...? spray bar with a surface... jsadfjkasld;kjfsafjlasjdfsdjsa;sdfjk



oh okay... you're asking if you could run that thing with a spray bar... i can't see why you couldn't...


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