first time using skimmer

Getting better head is always a plus dude...I would have thought you
knew that by now. On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:10:03 -0500, "ONJ"
wrote:


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Would getting a better head help?
I'd need it to be big enough for a 55 gallon...some ppl say get it for at
least double the size of yourdick.
Dam your well hung then huh? big enugh for a 55 gal drum......

Also, what is the deal with a "break-in" period?
Ya don;t want t ruin a good thing and get it all bruised and puffed up
do you? Use lots and lots of lube to keep the friction down......I
take it the skimmer you have is like a pocket pussy huh?


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

The break in period is caused by new plastic. new
plastic being petroleum based, caused the bubbles to
pop easier. over time, the bacteria cleans the
plastic off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/8/2007 12:10 PM:
Another question I have, since the design is pretty much the same as any
other skimmer, is the real difference in the water pump? It came with an
AP1500 power head. Would getting a better head help?
I'd need it to be big enough for a 55 gallon...some ppl say get it for at
least double the size of your tank.

Also, what is the deal with a "break-in" period? This is an existing tank,
why does a skimmer have to "break-in"? All it is is plastic and a pump.

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ WRONG ****ING ANSWER WAYNE...right theory
wrong answer dumbass.


On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:52:41 -0400, Wayne Sallee
wrote:

The break in period is caused by new plastic. new
plastic being petroleum based, caused the bubbles to
pop easier. over time, the bacteria cleans the
plastic off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/8/2007 12:10 PM:
Another question I have, since the design is pretty much the same as any
other skimmer, is the real difference in the water pump? It came with an
AP1500 power head. Would getting a better head help?
I'd need it to be big enough for a 55 gallon...some ppl say get it for at
least double the size of your tank.

Also, what is the deal with a "break-in" period? This is an existing tank,
why does a skimmer have to "break-in"? All it is is plastic and a pump.





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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Yet again, you are depriving your Home Town of a village idiot.
Your diapers runneth over........

"Pondmeister" wrote in message
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Getting better head is always a plus dude...I would have thought you
knew that by now. On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:10:03 -0500, "ONJ"
wrote:


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Would getting a better head help?
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On Jun 9, 2:44?am, "Not Roger" anon@anon wrote:
Yet again, you are depriving your Home Town of a village idiot.
Your diapers runneth over........




ROFL!!

Thank you, Not Roger.
I needed a laugh. = )~

So you pitch fits about my and thers cross posting yet you feel your
perfectly correct n assuming yu are able to do it withut a
problem....get a ****ing life TYNK, your a bigger troll on usenet than
those yu accuse of being trolls ever was.




Tynk the self proclaimed fish guru who just like Wayne Sallee, does
not know what they are talking about. Hey Tynk, I bet your family
roots are twisted around Waynes somewhere, or is Waynes root firmly in
your grasp.....


On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:20:48 -0700, Tynk wrote:

On Jun 9, 2:44?am, "Not Roger" anon@anon wrote:
Yet again, you are depriving your Home Town of a village idiot.
Your diapers runneth over........




ROFL!!

Thank you, Not Roger.
I needed a laugh. = )~



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Well, it actually started producing today. Its not as much foam as I see
other skimmers producing, but it is getting a little stuff out. Alot of
people I have seen say the waste should be brownish, but mine is green.

This sound about right?

Yes green is very normal. It will vary from
tea/coffee colored to green colored. The green is
from algae. If you look at it under a microscope you
will see bits of algae, and also single cell algae.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/11/2007 10:09 AM:
Well, it actually started producing today. Its not as much foam as I see
other skimmers producing, but it is getting a little stuff out. Alot of
people I have seen say the waste should be brownish, but mine is green.

This sound about right?