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Old 09-10-2012, 09:27 PM
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What colour is the water you remove from the system when you do your water changes?

I've discovered that in tanks I'm not skimming, the water I remove is kind of yellow. In the system I skim, the water I remove is colourless.
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Old 09-10-2012, 10:11 PM
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What colour is the water you remove from the system when you do your water changes?

I've discovered that in tanks I'm not skimming, the water I remove is kind of yellow. In the system I skim, the water I remove is colourless.
It's pretty clear.
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Old 09-10-2012, 10:19 PM
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I think the problem is water is not getting into the skimmer very easily so it is just skimming same 50ml of water over and over. I need to add some holes up the side of the reaction chamber below the surface to allow water to flow through easily but I fear the micro bubbles will just escape.

In a conventional air operated skimmer how do you get new water into the reaction chamber?
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Old 09-14-2012, 01:02 AM
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Are you still using this skimmer? Did you drill the hole higher if so what happened lol?great idea
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