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How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:06 am
by Arny
Hey Guys
I'm gona buy a skimmer but was wondering how long it would take to work as the SW tank is brand new. Will I have to wait untill there's some scum in the water?
Thanks
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:13 am
by Pufferpunk
If you have LR, there will be metabolites in the water it will pick up from the critters living in there. What brand did you decide on?.
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:29 pm
by Arny
I was recommended to use a ''DELTEC MCE 600 SKIMMER''
Do you have a favourate?
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:32 pm
by bigfatfish
Mine is a TMC VSkim 400, which I have in the sump of a 55 gallon tank. It took about 5-6 days to "bed in" & start pulling out all the gunge!
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:41 pm
by Arny
bigfatfish wrote:Mine is a TMC VSkim 400, which I have in the sump of a 55 gallon tank. It took about 5-6 days to "bed in" & start pulling out all the gunge!
If I get a TMC VSkim 400 can I hang it on the back of the tank?
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:00 pm
by Arny
I just bought 2 kg for my filter
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Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:15 pm
by bigfatfish
Yes, the TMC can be hung on the tank - just doesn't look great (IMO). That rock looks too good to hide in the filter. Can you use it in the tank & get some live rock rubble for the filter?
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:32 am
by geronimo69
Start running it immediately. Mine took about a week to start taking liquidy (nice english hey?) stuff out of the water.... And about a month to quiet down a start removing thicker "gunk".
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:12 am
by solothedrunk
2 - 4 weeks. Do you have any live stock? Because all skimmers are a bit oily when they first start out and it's best if they're run early on, IMHO.
Arny wrote:Hey Guys
I'm gona buy a skimmer but was wondering how long it would take to work as the SW tank is brand new. Will I have to wait untill there's some scum in the water?
Thanks
Re: How long untill Protein Skimmer works
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:11 am
by stangd1909
Yeah it takes about a week to break in and start collecting.