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[miket6065]

I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a 100 gallon tank. For filtering
I have to powerheads, one reverse flow, and two filters an Emperor 400 and a
smaller single bio-wheel Emperor. Question, would a freshwater tank get any
filtering benefit from a protein skimmer??

I was under the impression that only a salt water tank required a protein
skimmer.

[fish lover]

>I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a 100 gallon tank. For filtering
>I have to powerheads, one reverse flow, and two filters an Emperor 400 and a
>smaller single bio-wheel Emperor. Question, would a freshwater tank get any
>filtering benefit from a protein skimmer??
>
>I was under the impression that only a salt water tank required a protein
>skimmer.
>
not really necessary IMO

[Fishman]

I would not advise a protein skimmer for FW tanks. Although it is possible,
the amount of air injection and fractionation needed would require a huge
amount of energy and flow rate.

Using a standard marine rated protein skimmer on a FW system of equal volume
would not produce any skim. If it did, your water is severely dirty and
your fish are in trouble.

Fishman


"miket6065" > wrote in message
m...
> I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a 100 gallon tank. For
filtering
> I have to powerheads, one reverse flow, and two filters an Emperor 400 and
a
> smaller single bio-wheel Emperor. Question, would a freshwater tank get
any
> filtering benefit from a protein skimmer??
>
> I was under the impression that only a salt water tank required a protein
> skimmer.
>
>

[Daniel Morrow]

Bottom posted.
miket6065 wrote:
> I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a 100 gallon tank. For
> filtering I have to powerheads, one reverse flow, and two filters an
> Emperor 400 and a smaller single bio-wheel Emperor. Question, would
> a freshwater tank get any filtering benefit from a protein skimmer??
>
> I was under the impression that only a salt water tank required a
> protein skimmer.

My understanding is that a freshwater aquarium gets NO help from a protein
skimmer and my understanding is that a protein skimmer won't even work in
freshwater - the water just plain needs a lot of salt. Good luck and later!