Air intake on protein skimmer

[klesel]

Was wondering if anyone puts any kind of air filter to remove impurities or harmful fumes from the air before its injected into protein skimmer? We use candles such so any thing that might be harmful to reef aquarium would be sucked in air intake and injected into water .

 

[bobman]

Dont know about a filter persay but if you are worried about air quality then open the air silencer and add carbon to it. Carbon removes nasties from the air just as good as its removes nasties from the water.

 

[RareEarthCorals]

I wouldn't be over worried with environmental issues with your tank. That is unless you have candles and sprays over your tank on a constant bases. Spraying air fresheners, cleaning products over and around your fish tank would be a problem. If anything were to settle in the water your skimmer would remove most impurities. Over forty years in this hobby never had an issue with this.

 

[klesel]

Ya that's what was thinking just don't think to many people think of that . Had a friend that him and his wife smoked and his aquarium looked bad all the time he babied his tank thinking back this could of been a part of reason smoke getting sucked in and mixed in aquarium.

 

[Cruz_Arias]

We use micro-nanobubbling to PUSH the osmotic balance of air being absorbed by the tank water...
We increase the saturation of O2 and N2 (Fresh Atmospheric Air) which keeps the net positive osmotic "gas" pressure higher within the water column...

Like many people have mentioned, aeration is no new concept... but utilizing smaller and smaller bubbles are for specific applications, such as detritus removal and maintenance assist in clearing up particulate matter in the water column.

The very nature of aeration just compounds the benefits of increasing oxygenation and degassing more efficiently than with the use of bigger bubbles. But once again not a new concept, just a new application of smaller and smaller bubbles.

I personally have been in the hobby since '95 and have utilized lots of "surge devices", aeration methods, etc. degassing and oxygenation assist in the chemical stability of the water chemistry in the aquarium be it saltwater or fresh... but the limitation is that the method is only as good as the air you're using or sucking in to the system.

The main ingredients to success are these two characteristics:

***FRESH AIR*** and ***VERY VERY FINE BUBBLES***

Not just one or the other.

 

[G8trBait16]

The only thing I have is a home made CO2 scrubber attached to my skimmer airline. Maybe out of a Gatorade bottle with a hole in the top, then the airline hose pushed in the hole. Filled the Gatorade bottle with granular Soda Lime. Live down here in FL and use the A/C a lot and I can't drill through the wall to get the airline to fresh air. It has definitely helped out a lot with keeping my PH higher.

 

[Cruz_Arias]

The only thing I have is a home made CO2 scrubber attached to my skimmer airline. Maybe out of a Gatorade bottle with a hole in the top, then the airline hose pushed in the hole. Filled the Gatorade bottle with granular Soda Lime. Live down here in FL and use the A/C a lot and I can't drill through the wall to get the airline to fresh air. It has definitely helped out a lot with keeping my PH higher.

Very nice...

Yes... I remember living in Dade County... they also spray out there for fireants and mosquitoes... so bringing in "fresh air" is a risk...

For longevity of the CO2 Scrubber, occasionally tumble the media to prevent "tracking" of air passing through only a few channels in the substrate...