berlin air lift (and Hello!)

[foobuddha]

Hello All,

Nice site, I'll be reading old threads for days!!!

I've been slowly transitioning a 29G FOWLR to a 60G reef. I've installed DSB, bought some more LR etc. It was time to start protein skimming so I went to the LFS with the intention of dropping a coupla hundie. The owner of the shop however persuaded me NOT to buy a skimmer (hard to believe isn't it) and instead told me water changes would take care of the nutrients. Well, I decided maybe to DIY the skimmer to save a little $. This lead me to the decision that an 'all-in-one' plexi sump would be the way to go so I can move everything under tank. In the meantime tho, i wanted to get something to skim the water (algae blooms are driving me nuts), after many hours searching the web, I found the Berlin Air Lift to be a very inexpensive air-stone skimmer and decided to try it out. Well i set it up last night and it seems to be doing a great job. I was curious as to whether or not anyone has used this skimmer b4.

Sorry about the rambling post!

[big t]

I am using one of those skimmers on my 29, I have had it going for about a month now and it seems to be doing a pretty good job. I think that it is kinda hard to get tuned right, and doesn't seem to stay tuned for long.

Welcome to the board!
later on
tom

[Alice]

Welcome to The Reef Tank!

I'm not familiar with that skimmer but even most people that run skimmerless keep one on hand for emergencies.

Alice