kells75 Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 for a bit more surface movement I attached a small air pump to my powerhead. it forces air into the jet stream. Workes great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 There are actually some people who have used protein skimmers for freshwater tanks. Not too sure where I saw them, but I know that I've seen them around before. Cichlid-forum would probably be a good place to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vantgE Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 (edited) These are suposed to work great http://www.hydor.it/inglese/bioflo.htm Edit-sorry have no idea where to find one just was talking to someone on a forum about them and he loves it Edited April 2, 2005 by vantgE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salon_1928 Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Have you considered a canister filter with a surface skimmer attachment? It would be constantly removing the surface layer of water as opposed to only during water changes. I've mulled it over. Right now I feel like I've got everything dialed-in perfectly and I don't want to mess around with things to much. I think I'm going to go bigger by the end of the year - likely a 90 gallon tank. At that point I'm going to look at a canister or combination of HOB/Canister for filtration. Actually, that brings up another question - I've seen these neat little gizmos that attach to your power filter which help to remove the top layer. Problem is, isn't this at the expense of removing the crap that gets suspended in the water? I can see that a fair bit of it is captured by my AC300 as the fish in my tank stir it up off the bottom. I can tell its significant because cleaning my gravel is never as messy as you would think - also, my sponge is usually pretty dirty after 1-2 weeks. I guess if you have 2 HOB filters, one intake can skim while the other is mid-tank... Cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salon_1928 Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 These are suposed to work great http://www.hydor.it/inglese/bioflo.htm That looks cool - I've already settled on getting a powerhead to increase water movement and this thing looks like it will skim and add a little bio-filtration as well. Anybody know if this will work with a Hagen 402 and are they available in Calgary (or anywhere else in Canada)? Cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salon_1928 Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Would a wet dry vac strip it off the top of your tank? They go on sale for about $50 every so often and are great for cleaning up spills. I know one of our A.C.E. club members uses his to clean off the duck weed from his tanks occasionally. I'm a klutz at the best of times and that is just an accident waiting to happen... :boom: Cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 >>quote>>Actually, that brings up another question - I've seen these neat little gizmos that attach to your power filter which help to remove the top layer.<< I believe you are refering to: Aqua Clear's Surface Skimmer; Product # A-1006. Great little unit. Smokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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