Well it makes you wonder why places like AES sells protein skimmers,
and then have that little caveat"No guarantee as to weather the
skimmers will pull protein etc out of the water, as skimmers are not
the best choice for fresh water use" Yet they sell skimmers in the 0's
of thousands of dollars thats just rated to 4000 gal
capacity.....Skimming freshwater ponds is a waste of time and money,
unless your like the vanderbilts or trumps with an unlimited amount of
cash to play with, and plunking down 6 to 10 thousand bucks on a whim
and not have it work will not set you back in other needs that are
necessary......

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:34:48 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Burgess
wrote:
"Peter Breed" wrote in message ...
Anybody running a protein skimmer on a pond?
I've read the argument that marine aquatics keepers tend to run skimmers
because for them water is comparatively expensive, and for freshwater this
isn't true, hence its not necessary as water changes remove the need, but
due to low rainfall there is a high risk a hosepipe ban here this summer
and anything that reduced the need for water changes seems like a good
idea.

"Phil Cav" writes:
Not sure if it would work. Surface tension of fresh water is much lower than
salt water. Not sure dissolved organics will fractionate out.

You could put an airstone in your filter. If you get foam and you are unable
to do a water change, think about building a protein skimmer.

The more salt in your water the better a foam fractionator will work but keep in
mind if you are unable to change water the salt concentration will rise
due to evaporation.

HTH

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