another skimmer question

Discussion in 'Protein Skimmers' started by bawest, Jul 4, 2006.

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  1. bawest

    bawest Fire Worm

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    I'm sure I should be able to find this in a post somewhere, but I couldn't find it when I looked and I'm not sure what to type in the search.

    Why does a protein skimmer have prefilter? Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of it?
     
    bawest, Jul 4, 2006
    bawest, Jul 4, 2006
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  2. Matt Rogers

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    Good question. MOst that I run across don't have a prefilter persay with filtratraion but more of a surface skimmer. Which skimmer has one you are looking at?
     
    Matt Rogers, Jul 5, 2006
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  3. bawest

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    The one that I saw was a visijet, it has a sponge type prefilter on the end of it. Wouldn't this cut down on the waste products going to the skimmer and work as a debris catcher?
     
    bawest, Jul 5, 2006
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  4. Matt Rogers

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    Sure would.
     
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