Protein Skimmers

[Bagz]

I have a prism on a 29 gallon which pulls almost nothing out of the tank. If i get a better skimmer will it pull out more. And will it help rid some of the Red slim algea

 

[Bagz]

bump

 

[racer69]

A better skimmer will help take out the excess nutrients which contribute to the red slime (cyanobacteria).

 

[Bebo77]

best get red slime remover... works great and try and keep the water as clean as possible.. small weekly water changes is best.

 

[Bagz]

k thanks im doing 5 gallons a week. Will red slme take it away quick and doesnt it prevent it from coming back

 

[bertoni]

The red slime removers are usually antibiotics or oxidizers. If there's an underlying problem, the cyanobacteria will return.

A better skimmer might help, but there's no objective data on them, so we all have to guess about which ones are best. You could try some ideas from this article:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm

It's written in terms of a nitrate problem, but the ideas are all still relevant, IMO.

 

[mario420]

Hey i got a 29gal tank my self with a remora hot skimmer before i got that i had the prizm and ever since then no slime......But water changes also play a big role in as well as using purified H2O.....Also I used chemi clean it works great.

 

[thereefmaster]

I second getting a remora and or a CSS125/65

 

[amazingbobby]

I have a Remora on my 29gal and it pulls out quite a bit of naaaaasssssty.