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    Skimming 101

    Well, for anyone concerned and following this thread. I PM'd Tiny Giants and received an answer to the radius question. The term radius in the skimmer calculator is correct. So if you input 4", the skimmer will actually be 8" diameter.
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    Skimming 101

    Thanks. I will PM one or both immediately.
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    Skimming 101

    Just re-revisited the spreadsheet and saw something I didn't notice before. It asks for skimmer radius. Is this correct asking for radius or should it be diameter? If radius is the correct measurement I am going to have to do a bunch more re-figuring. My 9" skimmer would actually be 18"...
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    Skimming 101

    Well, I just revisited the spreadsheet to check different configurations for the skimmer I kept the 9" diameter and adjusted the height of the skimmer. The bombardment rate stayed the same no matter what height I used. The height must change the water dwell and air dwell in relation to each...
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    Skimming 101

    I am not sure if anyone is still monitoring this thread, but if so I have a question. First off I want to say this is by far hands down the most informative thread I have ever seen concerning skimmers. I am planning to build a counter current skimmer for a system that holds approximately 400...
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