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Ph4Y5e · 11-12-2006, 11:30 PM

Thin layer of scum and such is collecting on the surface... i knew i shoulda gotten that Aquaclear/Fluval surface skimmer thingo on the weekend when i was in HK, now this week is Grand prix week in Macau and im staying here for the Grand prix... have to wait 2 weeks before i can get this scum outta my tank... hopefully the LFS in Mac will have something similiar

but i doubt it..

So after work i haed to the LFS. I put my order in for a box of premium live rock about 40lbs worth...or what they say is premium and untouched for 600 patacas...ill take fotoes of the rock when i get it... and maybe then you guys can tell me how premium it is.

anyway as the guy was calling in the order..i noticed an old battered faded eheim box under a bunch of other crap..and loe and behold it was the Eheim type Surface skimmer attachment but man..was it old... probably been there for a good 5 -6 years...price... 150patacas... so i picked it up.. at this point the owner dude calls to me..so i put it down... and sort out my deposit and reciept for the rock... luckily i put it down..because.. when i walked back to the exact same spot to pick it up again... at my eye level was a stack of ATMAN Surface Suction Extraction boxes. What are these Extraction suction thingos... well its pretty much a MADE IN CHINA Copy of what the EHEIM IS... float valve and all... everything is the same as the eheim... and the price... 30patacas... no competition there..i picked it up...

got home opened it... and put it together in about 5 minutes... once again my tank having the brace on it... made it hard to fit but another 5 minutes of fiddling around...and wham... works like a charm... i guess the build quality isnt as good as the eheim... but hey..it works... ill post pics of it later... now if it was only a See thru Grey colour instead of that ugly ugly GREEN....

but anyhow...10 minutes later..no more surface skum.... wikid

11-12-2006, 11:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ph4Y5e Astrea Snail Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hong Kong , Macau, Australia Posts: 43 Karma: 14	Thin layer of scum and such is collecting on the surface... i knew i shoulda gotten that Aquaclear/Fluval surface skimmer thingo on the weekend when i was in HK, now this week is Grand prix week in Macau and im staying here for the Grand prix... have to wait 2 weeks before i can get this scum outta my tank... hopefully the LFS in Mac will have something similiar but i doubt it.. So after work i haed to the LFS. I put my order in for a box of premium live rock about 40lbs worth...or what they say is premium and untouched for 600 patacas...ill take fotoes of the rock when i get it... and maybe then you guys can tell me how premium it is. anyway as the guy was calling in the order..i noticed an old battered faded eheim box under a bunch of other crap..and loe and behold it was the Eheim type Surface skimmer attachment but man..was it old... probably been there for a good 5 -6 years...price... 150patacas... so i picked it up.. at this point the owner dude calls to me..so i put it down... and sort out my deposit and reciept for the rock... luckily i put it down..because.. when i walked back to the exact same spot to pick it up again... at my eye level was a stack of ATMAN Surface Suction Extraction boxes. What are these Extraction suction thingos... well its pretty much a MADE IN CHINA Copy of what the EHEIM IS... float valve and all... everything is the same as the eheim... and the price... 30patacas... no competition there..i picked it up... got home opened it... and put it together in about 5 minutes... once again my tank having the brace on it... made it hard to fit but another 5 minutes of fiddling around...and wham... works like a charm... i guess the build quality isnt as good as the eheim... but hey..it works... ill post pics of it later... now if it was only a See thru Grey colour instead of that ugly ugly GREEN.... but anyhow...10 minutes later..no more surface skum.... wikid _________ Current Tank : 100g 31"x31"x28" cube, Cycling, 4.5"(220lbs) DSB, Fluval 405, SEIO 860gph, 2x1100lph powerheads,95 lbs rock. Past Tanks : 4ft x 2ft x 2ft FO Predator tank, Panther grouper, huma Trigger, Chocalate Sail Catfish, Niger Trigger, stars and stripes puffer. 4ft x 2ft x 2ft Species Tank, Australian Wobbegong shark 1.5ft x .5ft x 1ft species tank 3 x juvenile Reef Catfish. Last edited by Ph4Y5e; 11-13-2006 at 03:05 AM.