It looks like the inflow also has holes drilled at the bottom. These look pretty awesome, wish they made em in glass.
Stainless Surface Skimmer Inflow
Has anyone tried this surface skimmer inflow stainless steel set from flea bay? item number 160873866990. I am going to do either the ADA or Borneowild Stainless pipes, but I saw these. I also am running an ADA Vuppa. Figured I could ditch the vuppa with these possibly.
If the water level gets below the skimmer, does the inflow still work or does it lose its suction? Anyone with skimmer experience?
Anyone with ADA Stainless pipes or Borneowild stainless pipes wanna say how they like theirs? thanks
If the water level gets below the skimmer, does the inflow still work or does it lose its suction? Anyone with skimmer experience?
Anyone with ADA Stainless pipes or Borneowild stainless pipes wanna say how they like theirs? thanks
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Although I understand, and appreciate both these and pipes and the Vuppa, what are you doing that merits a system like that? The only time I would have thought about running a skimmer is when I had African cichlids on high protein food and got a lot of oily film despite good surface agitation. Surface film problems are no issue now that I run lily pipes?
I have been running glass lilly pipes. I have dealt with bba problems which I believe is from the water level dropping and me having to adjust the outflow to increase surface tension to get rid of the eventual oily surface. It takes a week for mine to be an issue.
What I have been doing is I lowered my outflow as low as it will go. Run the Vuppa, which fixes the surface oil problem and keeps my co2 concentrations more stable than the lilly pipe.
How have you been doing it? I would like to have less equipment if possible, but the water evaporates and I keep having to move my lilly outflow.
What I have been doing is I lowered my outflow as low as it will go. Run the Vuppa, which fixes the surface oil problem and keeps my co2 concentrations more stable than the lilly pipe.
How have you been doing it? I would like to have less equipment if possible, but the water evaporates and I keep having to move my lilly outflow.
Yes it still works. Actually it works the same way as Hagen/Fluval/Tom plastic surface skimmers.If the water level gets below the skimmer, does the inflow still work or does it lose its suction? Anyone with skimmer experience?
I would make sure all the materials are OK underwater, used to see a case when
a woman bought a nice looking stainless diffuser and it got rust on the screw and nut
after a while.
I have my lily pipe about 3/4 under water and keep the water level topped off. Feels like I can run the CO2 a bit higher because the oxygenation is better. Nothing quantifiable though.I have been running glass lilly pipes. I have dealt with bba problems which I believe is from the water level dropping and me having to adjust the outflow to increase surface tension to get rid of the eventual oily surface. It takes a week for mine to be an issue.
What I have been doing is I lowered my outflow as low as it will go. Run the Vuppa, which fixes the surface oil problem and keeps my co2 concentrations more stable than the lilly pipe.
How have you been doing it? I would like to have less equipment if possible, but the water evaporates and I keep having to move my lilly outflow.
What pipes are you using? Is the flow pointed upwards towards the surface?
ebay pipes -- it's not really pointed up. With the lily pipe 3/4 submerged, the top 1/4 churns the water a bit and gives a nice ripple. Check my 60p journal for a video and you can see how much agitation I use. Tank has changed some since then but filtration has not.
cool, thanks for the help.
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