whiterushen
New member
Hey All,
I'm old school. When i was in the hobby in the 90s, protein skimming was just taking off. The fundamentals of operation I learned through hands on experience and the school of hard knocks. Today I have 2 Eshopps nano 10-35 protein skimmers for both of my nano tanks. The two main adjustments I see on my protein skimmers are height adjustment and air flow adjustment. Now, back in the day? We basically looked to play with the air adjustment until it was running in a middle zone or resonant level of a crackling or churning sound and max bubble creation within the verticle tube. 2nd, is then I adjust the height adjustment just so the top of the bubble mix creation is at or just below the height level of the collection cup. Within the next to days i observe the skimmet collection. If the skimmet is maybe 15% or higher within a day or watery, then i raise the skimmer height or adjust the air mixture slightly lower or both. If after a day, i see a small or decent amount of just bubbles just overflowing into the skimmet cup, this is where I want to be. After a few days, if the collection of skimmet is about 10% of the cup and a very dark thick brown, this is where i want to be. About every 2 weeks, I check the performance of the skimmet production and empty the collection cup----its then i make slight adjustments if i feel the skimmer needs that. Can anyone else add to this---in regards to how i'm running my protein skimmers? Much appreciated.
I'm old school. When i was in the hobby in the 90s, protein skimming was just taking off. The fundamentals of operation I learned through hands on experience and the school of hard knocks. Today I have 2 Eshopps nano 10-35 protein skimmers for both of my nano tanks. The two main adjustments I see on my protein skimmers are height adjustment and air flow adjustment. Now, back in the day? We basically looked to play with the air adjustment until it was running in a middle zone or resonant level of a crackling or churning sound and max bubble creation within the verticle tube. 2nd, is then I adjust the height adjustment just so the top of the bubble mix creation is at or just below the height level of the collection cup. Within the next to days i observe the skimmet collection. If the skimmet is maybe 15% or higher within a day or watery, then i raise the skimmer height or adjust the air mixture slightly lower or both. If after a day, i see a small or decent amount of just bubbles just overflowing into the skimmet cup, this is where I want to be. After a few days, if the collection of skimmet is about 10% of the cup and a very dark thick brown, this is where i want to be. About every 2 weeks, I check the performance of the skimmet production and empty the collection cup----its then i make slight adjustments if i feel the skimmer needs that. Can anyone else add to this---in regards to how i'm running my protein skimmers? Much appreciated.
