protien skimmer in a planted tank ?

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rw1298
 
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protien skimmer in a planted tank ?

by rw1298

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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by gumbii

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...


rw1298
 
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by rw1298

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


gumbii
 
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by gumbii

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

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=12703

maybe it will help...???


rw1298
 
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by rw1298

thank you gumbii


gumbii
 
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by gumbii

no prob bob...


Tmercier834747
 
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by Tmercier834747

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?


gumbii
 
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by gumbii

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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