Skimmer question.

[jdavid]

:yuk:

Ripped Tide;834750 wrote:

A few recent studies suggest that skimmers aren't as efficient as we think.

Got a link?

 

[ripped tide]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2#h9">http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2#h9</a>

When I say recent, it was within 5 years, but still a little dated.

 

[w_hartyjr]

Would it hurt to run multiple smaller skimmers(sorry not trying to hi jack your thread,but it's on the same subject)

 

[rdnelson]

w_hartyjr;835303 wrote: Would it hurt to run multiple smaller skimmers(sorry not trying to hi jack your thread,but it's on the same subject)

Don't mind at all. I would like to here everyone's thoughts as well.

 

[jdavid]

Ripped Tide;835295 wrote: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2#h9">http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2#h9</a>

When I say recent, it was within 5 years, but still a little dated.[/QUOTE]

Very interesting, I'm not going to pretend like I understood every bit of that. Lol. But the conclusion was simple enough. None of the four skimmers tested removed more than 30% of the organics in actual aquarium water, and out of the different kinds of skimmers tested they all all performed about the same.

However, when you do a 20% water change you remove 20% of the organic impurities in the water, so is it fair to say that running a skimmer is better than doing water changes twice as often?

 

[ripped tide]

It's very debatable. I'm a few brews in, so I will leave it at this:

Gathering information and forming theories and testing them out is what makes this hobby fun.

I look at my tanks as experiments. I like to keep experiments going in my favor, but I often like to try different things and see how they work. Sometimes it works in your favor(potassium permangenate), sometimes it doesn't(bio pellets). Live and learn

 

[jdavid]

Okay lol