I have a seven gallon tank I am using to seed some rock and sand until I set up a 55 gallon. There is a little over a pound of live rock in the HOB filter, 5 pounds of sand, about 7 pounds of live rock and 5 pounds of dead rock. These are rough estimates. The tank was set up for a week. No invertebrates were added.
I was looking at protein skimmers online and saw a very simple DIY skimmer, so I decided to try less complex version of it
I took a water bottle, cut the bottom off, connected to the wall using the alage magnet and dropped an airstone in it. I used the blue airstone not the wood diffuser. I came back after a couple of hours and there was tons of foam. This is when I took the video. Now there is even more foam then on the video. I know there is no collection cup and the foam is going back into the water.
1) Is it normal for all this foam to form after a week?
2) If my device is working successfully as a protein skimmer why are protein skimmers over $100 dollars. I could make 20 of these for probley 30 dollars. Thats the cost of the airpump.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
[video=youtube;kNAe2afzsqI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=kNAe2afzsqI[/video]
I was looking at protein skimmers online and saw a very simple DIY skimmer, so I decided to try less complex version of it
I took a water bottle, cut the bottom off, connected to the wall using the alage magnet and dropped an airstone in it. I used the blue airstone not the wood diffuser. I came back after a couple of hours and there was tons of foam. This is when I took the video. Now there is even more foam then on the video. I know there is no collection cup and the foam is going back into the water.
1) Is it normal for all this foam to form after a week?
2) If my device is working successfully as a protein skimmer why are protein skimmers over $100 dollars. I could make 20 of these for probley 30 dollars. Thats the cost of the airpump.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
[video=youtube;kNAe2afzsqI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=kNAe2afzsqI[/video]
