Rubber safe?

[mjpelikan]

I am thinking of getting this:
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/itemdisplay/displayItem.do?itemid=93290

Will the rubber last? I doubt it would be harmful.

 

[Letmegrow]

It's not listed on the Trojan site, so I would be skeptical.


Ooh you mean for other reasons, no sorry the rubber will not hold up in saltwater.

 

[mjpelikan]

Okay, I'll bite... Trojan site?

I am not really enjoying the occasional mouth of skimmer nasty, are there any reef safe siphons?

 

[dphins]

Just point your hose into a powerhead to get it started. That way you don't have to use your mouth.

 

[mjpelikan]

My protein skimmer collection cup really isn't that big

 

[Dert42]

rubber...trojan... come on!

powerhead into the garden hose is how i drained my tank after making sure it held water..

are you trying to empty the skimmer basket? what about drilling a hole in the collection basket and having a tube flow down into a jug or something? (thats what my tank is drilled to do)

 

[chadfarmer]

why not just take the collection cup off the skimmer and dump it and clean it and it will work better

 

[mjpelikan]

Tricky! and that would cause me to injest much less fish feces! We have a winner!

 

[Lost His Marbles Name]

Chadfarmer had a break through. I think we can bring reef keeping to a whole new level.

 

[mjpelikan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6897432#post6897432 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dert42
rubber...trojan... come on!

I'm a little slow... okay very slow.


My collection cup has a tiny little hose connection but it doesn't do a good job of removing the contents.

 

[Lost His Marbles Name]

All this time I have been sucking it up with my mouth then walking to my bathroom and spitting it into the bath tub then after taking a bath I would was it down. You guy are great. Thanks for the info.

 

[dphins]

Sorry, I thought you were doing water changes.