Re: THe FAQs Of Skimmers read this BEFORE you buy one
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:42 am
It's not worth $1. I got mine for free & still paid $50 for a used Backpac.
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Re: THe FAQs Of Skimmers read this BEFORE you buy one
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:13 am
Thnx for the tip PP.
Re: THe FAQs Of Skimmers read this BEFORE you buy one
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:14 am
No problem. 
Re: THe FAQs Of Skimmers read this BEFORE you buy one
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:30 pm
Okay so it is about time for me to get my first sump & skimmer system set up for the 55G that my GSP's are housed in. What kind of shopping list do I need for a DIY system? I was thinking of starting off with a 10 gallon tank with a couple of my powerheads and some 1 inch plastic tubing and attach it to my homemade prefilter using filter media and UGF parts that will be placed inside of the aquarium.
Please excuse the crudity of my design schematic.
Thoughts Anyone?
Please excuse the crudity of my design schematic.
Thoughts Anyone?
Re: THe FAQs Of Skimmers read this BEFORE you buy one
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:00 pm
I wish that I had read this about two weeks ago - LOL.
In any case, great pointers and I did not know that the wooden air stone needed replacing in air driven skimmers.
I have a 240 liter tank and some time ago bought the Juwel skimmer that fits in. It is venturi and seems to pull much black goo from the water after feeding time, but does seem to rely on the water level not changing much and some adjustments of the air intake. Makes me concerned about going away on vacation, as the fish will not be fed so much and light reduced, but I prefer "idiot proof" equipment that can be explained to another operator easily.
I bought an airfilter from Red Sea called the "Berlin Airlift" which does use an airline and a wooden diffuser. It has no adjustment for the air intake and suggest that also aligning the water-level is important. It sits in tank (have not been brave enough to start figuring external sumps yet, have visions of flooding my apartment with all that water leaving the tank). I have not tested this air skimmer yet but planned to set it up at the weekend.
Anyway (long pre-ramble apologies), my question is that I have a quite powerful pond air pump. Was wondering if one could push too much air into one of these things? Or would forcing more air in always mean more gunk out? Curious on your thoughts / advice before I set it up and play. Also if you had any views or had heard the model was OK, a dud etc?
I paid 450 euro for the thing and the mechanical skimmers that were not nano models were (with the exception of the Juwel model that I already own) all four times the price.
In any case, great pointers and I did not know that the wooden air stone needed replacing in air driven skimmers.
I have a 240 liter tank and some time ago bought the Juwel skimmer that fits in. It is venturi and seems to pull much black goo from the water after feeding time, but does seem to rely on the water level not changing much and some adjustments of the air intake. Makes me concerned about going away on vacation, as the fish will not be fed so much and light reduced, but I prefer "idiot proof" equipment that can be explained to another operator easily.
I bought an airfilter from Red Sea called the "Berlin Airlift" which does use an airline and a wooden diffuser. It has no adjustment for the air intake and suggest that also aligning the water-level is important. It sits in tank (have not been brave enough to start figuring external sumps yet, have visions of flooding my apartment with all that water leaving the tank). I have not tested this air skimmer yet but planned to set it up at the weekend.
Anyway (long pre-ramble apologies), my question is that I have a quite powerful pond air pump. Was wondering if one could push too much air into one of these things? Or would forcing more air in always mean more gunk out? Curious on your thoughts / advice before I set it up and play. Also if you had any views or had heard the model was OK, a dud etc?
I paid 450 euro for the thing and the mechanical skimmers that were not nano models were (with the exception of the Juwel model that I already own) all four times the price.