fresh water skimmer

[andresont]

Originally Posted by Richy44

For 10$ I purchased one of those surface skimmers that hook up to a canister filter. Within 10 minutes the surface was crystal clear. Totally underrated in my opinion. I tested it in my reef tank and the skimmer is definitely skimming less with that on so I moved it to my discus tank.. Inexpensive piece of hardware.

Rick.......

Yes this thing works really well in fresh water.
However it is Very sencible to level fluctuations, algae will grow inside, it only works when super clean and with constant water level. I had one too. Now garbage bin has it.
waste of money imo.