Protien Skimmer for 125g

yes !

 

Tangster, Please elaborate on your thoughts of overskimming.

 

please do

 

i have been reading alot and there is alot of poss on
rc about the octo extreme. i will be getting the octo extreme 2 in a few weeks from mike at RS. i think the ots r mmade better then the asm's, most peeps think they work better also

 

I replied to James in P/M to avoid the peeing contest thats surly to follow But to be blunt hell yes you can strip the water . And anyone who tells you differently either really has little or no clue as to what they are talking about or the lack in a certain department and feel any thing bigger is got to be better
Kind of like little guys who drive big trucks or old men in sports cars . Oh but I digress I was asked to explain myself so here goes

Many inorganic materials however are complexed to organics that are skimmed out. Copper in seawater for example, is more than 99% complexed to organics such as humic acids and proteins . If those organics are adsorbed onto the air/water interface, then the copper will be as well. Analyses of skimmate are fairly limited in scope and the one published study shows high variability from sample to sample. This study, however, does seem to show elevated levels of copper as well as iron and other trace metals relative to ions not selectively skimmed out like say, magnesium or sodium.


Inorganic ions will also be skimmed if they are contained inside a microorganism like diatom, bacterium, alga, so on that has a partially hydrophobic exterior and many do and is skimmed out. These whole organisms may be skimmed out by getting caught at the air water interface, just as individual organic molecules are. They may also get trapped in the foam as it drains. The skimming of whole organisms is evident to many aquarists who observe green coloration to skimmate after dosing phytoplankton, for example. The green colored organisms can collect in skimmate.

Bottom line is sometimes less if far more

 

Well said, Thanks.