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12-03-2006, 03:11 PM
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Tetra
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: EASTERN LONG ISLAND,NY
Posts: 173
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Skimmer Question
Should i keep the valve on my skimmer open or closed? Are bubbles good or bad? Doesn't really say on instruction sheet. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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65 gal freshwater tank
uv sterilizer
fluval 304 pump filter
2 aereators
heater
gouramis,rainbow,loaches,silverdollars
angelfish,Parrot cichlids,algea eaters,barbs,2,real plants
rest fake.
30 gal saltwater tank
5- 4 striped damsel fish
2 Crabs
5 live rocks
fluval 205
2 aquaclear pumps 30
heater@ 80*
protein skimmer sea clone 100
Uv Sterilizer
30 inch twin tube w/ marine glo- 20 watts
10 gal hospital fwt. rock
whisper hang on filter
heater@80*
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12-03-2006, 08:54 PM
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banned
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sand Springs OK
Posts: 2,109
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Bubbles will not hurt anything, they are just unsightly. As far as your valve I have no idea about seaclones.
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12-03-2006, 11:04 PM
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Rainbow
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 250
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hey fishobsessed! I use one and I am constantly changing mine up. Open when I want to skim and closed when I am purging the system out. You shouldn`t get too many bubbles in your tank . Although it really doesn`t hurt anything.
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12-04-2006, 12:18 AM
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Guppy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 24
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you just want to make sure there is no air bubble in your tubing. my skimmer has a J part that hangs over the tank and its always getting an air bubble which makes the skimmer not function properly.
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55g FW w/dwarf gouramis, rams, angels
30g SW w/clown,foxface rabbitfish & sixline wrasse and LR 
20g FW w/ blood parrot, jack dempsey 
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12-04-2006, 08:40 AM
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Tetra
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: EASTERN LONG ISLAND,NY
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Thanks Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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65 gal freshwater tank
uv sterilizer
fluval 304 pump filter
2 aereators
heater
gouramis,rainbow,loaches,silverdollars
angelfish,Parrot cichlids,algea eaters,barbs,2,real plants
rest fake.
30 gal saltwater tank
5- 4 striped damsel fish
2 Crabs
5 live rocks
fluval 205
2 aquaclear pumps 30
heater@ 80*
protein skimmer sea clone 100
Uv Sterilizer
30 inch twin tube w/ marine glo- 20 watts
10 gal hospital fwt. rock
whisper hang on filter
heater@80*
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