Installation, Maintenance, and Setting an Aquarium Protein Skimmer

If you are new to the aquarium many tasks can often be very different. But with a little research and perseverance, the establishment and maintenance of an aquarium should be easy and enjoyable. The skimmer is the most important part of the aquarium. Not only the exports of a nutrient, but also keeps the water clean.

Now I will give some explanations about what you have to create a slotted spoon and certain aspects into consideration before buying sight.

Checklist

1. How big is your tank? Make sure you buy a skimmer that is twice the size of your real aquarium was designed. Therefore, if rates of 50 liters manufacturer, purchased the 100-liter version.

2. What's the catch? Make sure it fits in your tank! Always ensure that accurate measurements can be found. You do not want your new skimmer face was only when not adjusted.

3. Internal or external? skimmers are available in the house (Put in the oil pan) or additional external plumbing and a pump to bring water to feed the skimmer.

4. As the water level has better performance in the skimmer? This is a specification, ignored by most people. Using the new skimmer pumps are very demanding when working in an inch or two, may overflow or skimmer can not work together. Check the water level in the tank is the skimmer you want to buy. Or, if the water level is too high can lead to a simple basis of the treatment plant on site. (Most new water skimmer runs on 80-10 ")

Now that we comply with the following list, the construction of new sewage treatment facilities.

Many manufacturers recommend a bath of vinegar before removing the skimmer in the tank at all in the production of oils. In general, in my experience, this is no longer necessary. Most skimmers draw past the market will begin immediately, without interruption skimmate or cleaning.

So, first things first. Remove the skimmer according to the manufacturer's instructions. Place the skimmer and the tank is level and if the correct amount of water. see the choice to locate the site of a filter that not much water flowing through the movement. The movement of excess water flow through the skimmer skimmer will greatly reduce the efficiency. So if you have a large circulation pump 4-6x over the water to go with an external skimmer.

Then turn off the skimmer and make sure the elevator is open until the end. To see the output of PVC pipe that the highest point of the external heating and usually marked with an "open" and "closed". Open the mean water level in the skimmer is at its lowest point. Closed means that more water should be established. The first time the skimmer you want to make sure that all the way "open."

Once you're comfortable that the filter is working properly and adapt slowly in the right amount of water, the riser pipe ("Closing"), so that the water level just below where it begins to collect cup. Be sure to keep an eye on water levels, are most often there is a delay in the collection of water and do not want to be crowded. Leave the skimmer to rest for a few days, and usually you'll start to see him off the organic matter from the wrong times.

Another possibility is the skimmer for 3-4 days to run wide open. Then start heating after adjusting water depth up to the level recommended by the manufacturer of the cloning process.