surface scum

[Fishster]

How does everybody with tanks W/O overflows deal with the surface scum. The skimmer I have overflows back into the tank but it is not enough to disturb the thick scum. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[BrianH]

I have one powerhead thats pointed towards the surface and I have surface skimmer attached to an eheim 2217.
Brian

 

[littleprince]

Guessing you dont have a surface skimmer, or overflow as those should take care of the problem.

I have a 20 nano and didnt have any of those either.

So I just made a simple surface skimmer out of black pvc, and a piece of acrylic I had lying around.
Took about 15 mins, plus aqurium sealent drying time.

Easy, and cost < $5 Cdn.

 

[BiggerWurm]

littleprince,

I use the same as brian i have a powerhead that pushes water above the surface and disrupts the film works for me on a 60 gallon.

 

[Fishster]

Thanks for the advise everyone. I tryed angling one of my power heads up and it worked like a charm. Thanks.

 

[Toooloud]

Somthing eles i have seen 1 person try is to turn the power head upside down, and have it just below the water surface.. it will suck the suface water down through the powerhead, it makes a slight sucking sound once in a while. but worked great..

 

[Walrus]

What type of skimmer do you have? A lot of people who have the prizm skimmer have modded it and added a surface skimmer. I've also seen pics of this done with many other types of HOB skimmers.