rabbut
I don't bite, all that often...
Something more of interest than of practicle significance, but hay, I'll ask anyway, at the risk of looking a fool
Is skimming in freshwater possible? I know without salt the conventional skimmer will not work, but can it be made to?
I understand that marine aquarium skimmers work by developing ionic charges between the air bubbles and the thing they are removing, and that is how they "grab" the muck from the water. I was wondering if there was any way to charge up freshwater, or the air being used for skimming, in such a way that skimming can occur, without putting the fish in the tank at risk?
I have a couple of ideas, but their phesability is questionable...
Using Alpha-ratiation to ionise the water/air while it passes the source, but the radio-active sources are likely hard to get hold of (legaly at least) and the source I presume would need to be quite powerful condidering the limited range this type of radiation has...
Using Gamma-radiation. This is probibly one of the most dangerous ideas here, and even less likely to be legal than Alpha-radiations sources... This radiation has good penetration power though (hence why its more dangerous) so I suppose it is more likely to work than alpha I'm thinking?
Use of high-voltage to ionise passing water (or air?). Probibly legal, but there would be a risk of that voltage getting into the tank I suppose... To ionise air, I guess high current will be needed with the voltage, so could be risky to operate...
Is ionised water/air likely to be a risk to human or fish health? Also, is just ionising the water likely to get a skimmer to work, or is my understanding of how they work too simplified? Finaly, if it will work, is it the air or the water that would need ionising?
Thanks all
Rabbut
Is skimming in freshwater possible? I know without salt the conventional skimmer will not work, but can it be made to?
I understand that marine aquarium skimmers work by developing ionic charges between the air bubbles and the thing they are removing, and that is how they "grab" the muck from the water. I was wondering if there was any way to charge up freshwater, or the air being used for skimming, in such a way that skimming can occur, without putting the fish in the tank at risk?
I have a couple of ideas, but their phesability is questionable...
Using Alpha-ratiation to ionise the water/air while it passes the source, but the radio-active sources are likely hard to get hold of (legaly at least) and the source I presume would need to be quite powerful condidering the limited range this type of radiation has...
Using Gamma-radiation. This is probibly one of the most dangerous ideas here, and even less likely to be legal than Alpha-radiations sources... This radiation has good penetration power though (hence why its more dangerous) so I suppose it is more likely to work than alpha I'm thinking?
Use of high-voltage to ionise passing water (or air?). Probibly legal, but there would be a risk of that voltage getting into the tank I suppose... To ionise air, I guess high current will be needed with the voltage, so could be risky to operate...
Is ionised water/air likely to be a risk to human or fish health? Also, is just ionising the water likely to get a skimmer to work, or is my understanding of how they work too simplified? Finaly, if it will work, is it the air or the water that would need ionising?
Thanks all
Rabbut