Who rates skimmers

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by mr.wilson

Okay. I guess 710 gumballs.

Hahahaha, get back to work

speaking of work I should really get back to it as well, this is what my desk currently looks like Cleaned it last week

[Parker]

Can I be honest?

I believe the thread got a lot of views simply because there may have been a hint of tension.

As for thoughtful discussion on what might be the better option. The decision to use one method over the other is primarily based on personal preference. If you asked most people, what they have in place in their own tanks is the stance they would take. They chose their method of water movement for reasons known only to them. I would be willing to bet most people didn't choose via published stats.. IE: Laminar Flow and watts/gph but rather what they could afford at the time or how they wanted the tank to look.

These are my thoughts only.. I'm probably the dumbest person in this thread!

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Yes and no, same flow rate different velocity. The lower velocity and greater spread creates an advantage as simulates natural water movement better.

So we agree that if I could make the outlets of a Dart replicate the Tunze/vortech with the dart throttled to be the same as the flow from the vortech/tunze then we would have identical flow?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Mr OM

So we agree that if I could make the outlets of a Dart replicate the Tunze/vortech with the dart throttled to be the same as the flow from the vortech/tunze then we would have identical flow?

well not quite. A propeller pushes flow outward so it would take more than simply matching nozzle size, you would need some kind of special adapter on the dart outlet to produce the same results, but if that was the case yes I believe the results would be identical. Other than one uses 15W and the other uses 150W.

Seems strange you want to confirm this so badly, do you have a point you plan on springing on me once I agreed?

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Seems strange you want to confirm this so badly, do you have a point you plan on springing on me once I agreed?

Of course.