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Youngster Dan
12-27-2009, 10:43 PM
I know skimmers are pretty much useless in freshwater, and from test running mine in freshwater I noticed the bubble production is horrible compared to salt water.

I was wondering if keeping your salinity on the "high" side would improve skimmer performance at all? I noticed that many people prefer to have it on the higher side anyways.

I imagine that it probably wouldn't be much of a difference, but figured I would ask you smart people anyways.

PoonTang
12-28-2009, 03:55 AM
Basically....Yes.

mark
12-28-2009, 05:54 AM
though don't think you'll notice much change in output from 1.025 to 1.026

golf nut
12-28-2009, 06:53 AM
Now if you could fool the water into being saltier then you would have skimmer manufacturers beating a path to your door.

biggerstretch
12-28-2009, 03:46 PM
though don't think you'll notice much change in output from 1.025 to 1.026

I agree ... more salt will marginally improver performance however you would have to raise the level too high to see any noticable difference.

That being said , after raising the limit too high all your fish and coral will be dead so your skimmer should have lots of skimate in it ....

Youngster Dan
12-28-2009, 04:04 PM
Haha, yeah that is what I kind of figured. Thanks everyone.