anthony law Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 can you use a marine skimmer on a fresh water system as i have a spare.. whould it work...what the pro and cons..of use. any help whould be appreciated..cheers ant.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 thank you mark. that wasnt helpful and im not that old. but i feel like it sometimes tho :yaw1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 you asked me this question last time you were here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 my dementia has kicked in.i dont now what you mean.. :nilly: :nilly: :dunno: :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 wont work it wont foam up i dont know why but it just dosent work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 As far as I know salinity increases surface tension. So it won't really work to well with fresh water as it doesn't have enough tension to create foam, well at least not as much. Plus if your trying to grow plants all that surface disturbance would release the co2 wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 wont work it wont foam up i dont know why but it just dosent work you whould think it whould work... is it something that salt more dence than fresh water.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 As far as I know salinity increases surface tension. So it won't really work to well with fresh water as it doesn't have enough tension to create foam, well at least not as much. Plus if your trying to grow plants all that surface disturbance would release the co2 wouldn't it? i was thnking to put it on my 3000 liter tank. any way how are you..had your opp yet on your back. .nymox.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 i remeber being told there isnt the necessary protiens in freshwater for it to work i dont know how accurate that statement is though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Yeah I read something similar too spoon. Answers courtesy of google. Yes it can though it won't work very well. The higher the density of the water the better the skimmer will work. Higher density water has greater surface tension and therefore makes bubbles with organics easier. This does occur in freshwater as well though to a lesser degree. We've all seen scum type foam at high turbulence areas like beaches, rapids, rocky areas and waterfalls in both saltwater and freshwater areas. This is natures protein skimmer. By the way there isn't any downside to using the skimmer unless you have a planted aquarium and then you would dispell all of the co2, which the plants need. Yes you can use a protein skimmer in fresh water though they don't really work well in that application due to the fact that fresh water doesn't hold protein nearly as well as salt. I would tend to think the top answer is the more accurate, take the dead sea for example. i was thnking to put it on my 3000 liter tank. any way how are you..had your opp yet on your back. .nymox.. Unless your going to use the 3000 ltr to do a marine I wouldn't use the extra power to drive the pump, although with all your tanks it probably won't be noticed as an increase in power use lol. MMMM 3000 ltr local marine.....Whoops dreaming again. No op yet, still some time to wait too at least I got rid of the wheelchair haha, the novelty of being treat differently soon wore off. But all that aside I'm good mate, new tank arriving next week so what could be better, flick us a PM next time your heading down to the porthole I'll come down and say Hi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 i have tried it and no a skimmer wont work in freshwater, doesnt produce the bubbles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 can you use a marine skimmer on a fresh water system as i have a spare. No. You can get freshwater skimmers , however they are expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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