protein skimming frshwater???

MMAX · #1 02-02-2010, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Short answer: You can and you can't ..

Slightly longer answer: Generally speaking, you can't, you just won't get adequate foam fractionation (for the reasons stated above). However that said, there does seem to be such thing as a FW skimmer, think they are run on ponds in areas where the water is so insanely hard that basically you can get foam production.

All a pond skimmer does is clean up the surface of leaves and other debris before they sink to the bottom and decay. No foam or skimmate are produced.

Canadian · #2 02-02-2010, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MMAX

All a pond skimmer does is clean up the surface of leaves and other debris before they sink to the bottom and decay. No foam or skimmate are produced.

Umm did you click on this link posted above: http://www.koicarp.net/filtration/pr...an_sander.html ?

You may want to go back and do that.

Delphinus · #3 02-02-2010, 03:35 AM

^^^ What he said (thanks Canadian)

MMAX · #4 02-02-2010, 03:59 AM

That's not your "typical" pond skimmer and not the one I was talking about.

Delphinus · #5 02-02-2010, 05:38 AM

Fair enough

But FWIW it IS the one *I* was talking about.

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Originally Posted by MMAX

That's not your "typical" pond skimmer and not the one I was talking about.