hottub... or skimmer?

[fiorano]

So the other day i was sittin in a hottub just kinda relaxin and thinkin about stuff you know. Then i noticed those little air venturi intakes and the more you open them the more foam and the more you close them the foam goes away. So then it made me think hey a hottub is kinda like a protein skimmer in how it injects air into water and mixes them to make foam an stuff... Then i remembered all the times when i was a little kid and it was oh so much fun to play in the huge mountains of foam that sometimes built up in hottubs hahaha now i just realized possibly how gross that really is. Has anyone else ever thought this before or am i just crazy???

[fiorano]

wrong forum btw ... sorry

[Whatigot]

or you ever swim in a lake or a river and see a couple cups of skimmate float by?

Now that I know what thats all about, I'm a lot more careful of where im wading.

[Leah]

That's funny

[JDigital]

I'm kinda disappointed... I thought this thread was gonna be asking whether to buy a Hottub or a high end skimmer (BK etc)... :lol:

[mike31154]

How about dismantling the hot tub and seeing what makes those venturis tick! Or better yet, use the hot tub as a mega skimmer for your mega system, he he.

[lastlight]

I'm kinda disappointed... I thought this thread was gonna be asking whether to buy a Hottub or a high end skimmer (BK etc)... :lol:

Yeah me too.

Tho it does remind me of playing with foam on the beach as a kid. YUCK.

[Captainhemo]

Yup, convert the tub to a mega-skimmer, Shouild be in the DIY forum though :)

[fiorano]

mmmmm mega skimmer you say? lol then id have a skimmer that holds like like 1200 gallons for a 125 gallon tank lol

[sphelps]

How about this:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/FoamBeachII2_468x336.jpg

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/FoamBeachII3_468x338.jpg

On the beach at Yamba in New South Wales. I wouldn't be playing in that foam :lol:

[fiorano]

hahaha wow that's gross... lol i guess that's the natural skimmate of the ocean

[Trigger Man]

I'm kinda disappointed... I thought this thread was gonna be asking whether to buy a Hottub or a high end skimmer (BK etc)... :lol:

I was thinking the same thing.

[dsaundry]

The foam isn't the problem..it's a cover for the White Pointers as the sneak up on you....:lol:

[lastlight]

Those pics were what I was thinking of lol! I was too lazy to hunt them down.

[Whatigot]

reminds me of when I tried using liquid dish soap as a substitute for dishwasher soap.
only not quite as nasty as that.
None of those three happy looking people have EVER heard of foam fractionation....:idea:

[mark]

Yep, since I started the tank everytime I'm in a hot-tub I'm thinking of my skimmer (and this is why I'm leaning towards a steam room in the basement rather than a hot-tub on the deck).