Protein Skimmers on FW tanks with goldfish???

[Morten]

Hi Folks

I was wondering if anybody but me found the idea of using a protein skimmer
in a gold fish / koi tank with a heavy planted sump compelling?

I have a 240 litres tank with a external eheim canister filter with
thermostat with input / output to main tank.
Below I have a 120 litre tank with a divider in that sets a constant water
level in the main part of the sump which is planted and lit 24/7. The water
overflows to a small compartment which contains a pump and some space for
future use.

I was thinking of building / installing a protein skimmer in the left over
space in my sump!


I know that they're very good on salt water / marine tanks but then again
the chemistry and the salinity of marine tanks does affect surface tension
quite a lot but I guess that it would be possible to get some of the
dissolved organic compounds out of the water in a fresh water tank.

What do you think, have any of you tried it?

Is it worth the trouble of building one and see what happens???



Regards

Morten





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any way of running tank water thru a planted veggie filter is excellent. it may be
the only nearly perfect way to keep GF without having to do weekly water changes if
the nitrates can be kept down or 0. Ingrid

"Morten" > wrote:

>Hi Folks
>
>I was wondering if anybody but me found the idea of using a protein skimmer
>in a gold fish / koi tank with a heavy planted sump compelling?
>
>I have a 240 litres tank with a external eheim canister filter with
>thermostat with input / output to main tank.
>Below I have a 120 litre tank with a divider in that sets a constant water
>level in the main part of the sump which is planted and lit 24/7. The water
>overflows to a small compartment which contains a pump and some space for
>future use.
>
>I was thinking of building / installing a protein skimmer in the left over
>space in my sump!
>
>
>I know that they're very good on salt water / marine tanks but then again
>the chemistry and the salinity of marine tanks does affect surface tension
>quite a lot but I guess that it would be possible to get some of the
>dissolved organic compounds out of the water in a fresh water tank.
>
>What do you think, have any of you tried it?
>
>Is it worth the trouble of building one and see what happens???
>
>
>
>Regards
>
>Morten
>
>
>
>
>
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Geez, I'd like to see more info on this...
Any takers?
....Kodiak

"Morten" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi Folks
>
> I was wondering if anybody but me found the idea of using a protein
skimmer
> in a gold fish / koi tank with a heavy planted sump compelling?
>
> I have a 240 litres tank with a external eheim canister filter with
> thermostat with input / output to main tank.
> Below I have a 120 litre tank with a divider in that sets a constant water
> level in the main part of the sump which is planted and lit 24/7. The
water
> overflows to a small compartment which contains a pump and some space for
> future use.
>
> I was thinking of building / installing a protein skimmer in the left over
> space in my sump!
>
>
> I know that they're very good on salt water / marine tanks but then again
> the chemistry and the salinity of marine tanks does affect surface tension
> quite a lot but I guess that it would be possible to get some of the
> dissolved organic compounds out of the water in a fresh water tank.
>
> What do you think, have any of you tried it?
>
> Is it worth the trouble of building one and see what happens???
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Morten
>
>
>
>
>
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[Tom La Bron]

Morten,

Protein Skimmers will not work effectively in freshwater like they work in
Salt water because of the difference in viscosity of the freshwater compared
to Salt water.

Tom L.L.
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"Morten" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi Folks
>
> I was wondering if anybody but me found the idea of using a protein
skimmer
> in a gold fish / koi tank with a heavy planted sump compelling?
>
> I have a 240 litres tank with a external eheim canister filter with
> thermostat with input / output to main tank.
> Below I have a 120 litre tank with a divider in that sets a constant water
> level in the main part of the sump which is planted and lit 24/7. The
water
> overflows to a small compartment which contains a pump and some space for
> future use.
>
> I was thinking of building / installing a protein skimmer in the left over
> space in my sump!
>
>
> I know that they're very good on salt water / marine tanks but then again
> the chemistry and the salinity of marine tanks does affect surface tension
> quite a lot but I guess that it would be possible to get some of the
> dissolved organic compounds out of the water in a fresh water tank.
>
> What do you think, have any of you tried it?
>
> Is it worth the trouble of building one and see what happens???
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Morten
>
>
>
>
>
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