FW Protein Skimmer

[crabsrkewl]

Would a protein skimmer work in a freshwater tank. Moreover how would it effect the tank.

 

[keebler]

Originally Posted by crabsrkewl
http:///forum/post/2813291
Would a protein skimmer work in a freshwater tank. Moreover how would it effect the tank.
Well, there are pond protein skimmers, so I assume it might work. but if you shake up a bottle of tap water, you get no foam. If I put a wooden air stone in a fw tank, I would get big bubbles and if I put it in a saltwater tank, I would get microbubbles that foam.

 

[wattsupdoc]

Originally Posted by crabsrkewl
http:///forum/post/2813291
Would a protein skimmer work in a freshwater tank. Moreover how would it effect the tank.

It would be more cost effective and beneficial to just do water changes. Also, I believe it is possible to skim FW, when I did my DIY skimmer it would skim in FW, but not very well at all, in fact it skimmed horribly, but did skim. I don't know if any commercially available skimmers would do much of anything., The general consensus is NO.

 

[kube]

when i was doing hypo on my tank my skimmer produced very little bubbles, i could wet skim and get a lot, not very dark though, but everyday i bring the salinity up by .003 and it produceds twice as many bubbles now and produces a dark green slime now...just something i noticed

 

[stanlalee]

wont work at all. there is or was a freshwater skimmer on the market/in development but last time I cared to check it was the only one of its kind.

 

[grubsnaek]

Originally Posted by Stanlalee
http:///forum/post/2813601
there is or was a freshwater skimmer on the market/in development
just google fresh water skimmers. there out there.......