Is there any meaning to build a skimmer for Fresh water tank?

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I was told that skimmer are not useful for fresh water tank-is it right?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Protein Skimmers are mechanical devices that are made to be used in Marine Aquariums, which contain saltwater with lots of salts. You can use a Protein Skimmer in a freshwater aquarium. The skimmer will not hurt the freshwater fish or degrade the water quality in a freshwater aquarium, and freshwater will not damage the Protein Skimmer.

But the Protein Skimmer will not do much to improve the quality of the water in a freshwater aquarium. Fresh water lacks the density to allow foam fractionation. The short answer is that if you have a freshwater aquarium you do not need a Protein Skimmer.

i think your best bet is to purchase a bio wheel for a freshwater tank. BIO-Wheels quickly break down the large molecules.

 

[HobokenAddict]

It won't work, simple as that. The protein skimmers make "sea foam" which carries the undisolved solids out of the water column. Your standard power filter will do the trick, which had mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration built in. Aquaclear power filters are great!

 

[jackson6745]

Pecan2phat skims his brackish water tank.

 

[cali_reef]

Pecan2phat skims his brackish water tank.

hahaha, not intensionally... and it should be back to salt water soon.

I had skimmers on my old discus tank when "skimmers" first came out. It would foam but nothing like a salt water tank.

 

[Deanos]

Pecan2phat skims his brackish water tank.

Brackish Water

 

[HobokenAddict]

musta been a really dirty water tank, lots o dissolved solids then...

 

[herman]

youre so wrong. Schuran makes FW skimmers. And they work!!
FW skimmers

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I had skimmers on my old discus tank when "skimmers" first came out. It would foam but nothing like a salt water tank.

Does it do any good?

 

[cali_reef]

That was 20 years ago, do you really think I can remember that much??:banghead:

 

[herman]

OOPS!! here is the right link to FW Skimmers:
http://www.schuran.com/freshwater/abschaeumer_e.html

it foams quite well

 

[cali_reef]

Herman,

A skimmer related question:

http://cgi.ebay.de/DELTEC-Abschaeumer-AP-702_W0QQitemZ7743757521QQcategoryZ63036QQcmdZViewItem

Where are they in Germany? Close to Hamburg? I want to go Deltec shopping on my next trip there.

 

[sparkysreef]

Some info on fresh here http://web.archive.org/web/20010309054900/http://home.mweb.co.za/jv/jv79/reef/skimmers2.html

 

[herman]

Herman,

A skimmer related question:

http://cgi.ebay.de/DELTEC-Abschaeumer-AP-702_W0QQitemZ7743757521QQcategoryZ63036QQcmdZViewItem

Where are they in Germany? Close to Hamburg? I want to go Deltec shopping on my next trip there.

They are located just north of Berlin. If you jump on the ICE its not far at all.