Skimming Principles - Page 13

jnarowe · 01/19/2006, 09:24 AM

Always better to get it from where the bio-load is highest. Has anyone figured out whether the "proteins" are boyant?

goby1 · 01/19/2006, 04:59 PM

I doesn't matter. For molecules in this size range, even minute flow will not allow sedimentation, or the opposite in our case, creaming.

I thought bio load referred to living things.

G1

jnarowe · 01/19/2006, 05:11 PM

hmmm...aren't living things the source of the proteins?

tinygiants · 01/19/2006, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by goby1

I thought bio load referred to living things.

G1

I did too. What post gives the impression it isn't?

I feel that my display has more protiens in it than my sump does because of the bio load that is housed in it. All the uneaten food and feces are in the display. As the water overflows, it is filtered. So the sump only recieves water that has seen some sort of filtering. In my mind that makes the overflow the richest source of skimmable material.

Dale

jnarowe · 01/20/2006, 09:58 AM

Dale,

There is no logical arguement against that. I am working on my water change system this weekend!

Avast Marine · 06/07/2006, 11:58 PM

^

alberthiel · 11/04/2012, 06:28 PM

Not a new thread of course but certainly an interesting one as most of us use skimmers and perhaps it could do IMO with some updates as there are now so many newer types of skimmers on the market using different methods and different impellers and even different venturi (e.g the Mazzei ones), including the patented Beckett one ... just saying ... and FWIW

barryhc · 11/05/2012, 01:13 AM

Hello all:

I'm needing a skimmer for a new larger tank, and could use some experienced information on their design and use.

Thanks > Barry

01/19/2006, 09:24 AM	#301
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	Always better to get it from where the bio-load is highest. Has anyone figured out whether the "proteins" are boyant? __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

01/19/2006, 05:11 PM	#303
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	hmmm...aren't living things the source of the proteins? __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

01/20/2006, 09:58 AM	#305
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	Dale, There is no logical arguement against that. I am working on my water change system this weekend! __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

06/07/2006, 11:58 PM	#306
Avast Marine RC Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,446	^ __________________ Dan Don't rush art, you get bad art.

11/04/2012, 06:28 PM	#307
alberthiel Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 49	Not a new thread of course but certainly an interesting one as most of us use skimmers and perhaps it could do IMO with some updates as there are now so many newer types of skimmers on the market using different methods and different impellers and even different venturi (e.g the Mazzei ones), including the patented Beckett one ... just saying ... and FWIW __________________ Albert

01/19/2006, 04:59 PM	#302
goby1 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: san francisco Posts: 364	I doesn't matter. For molecules in this size range, even minute flow will not allow sedimentation, or the opposite in our case, creaming. I thought bio load referred to living things. G1

11/05/2012, 01:13 AM	#308
barryhc Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 932	Hello all: I'm needing a skimmer for a new larger tank, and could use some experienced information on their design and use. Thanks > Barry __________________ The average person has only one breast, one testicle, and one brain. Most people who enter the reefkeeping hobby aren't average. Black and white don't exist, only "shades of gray"! Current Tank Info: 27gal. hex "plenum" +16 gal. "fuge"