hi
I have been facing this issue where a lot of lipid starts getting accumulating on the top layer and in a few days blocks the light.
any way to get rid of this?
I know about surface skimmer
How do you deal with this issue in your planted tanks?
How to get rid of oil layer
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Re: How to get rid of oil layer
1. Take a newspaper.
2. Lay it over water.
3. Remove it just after a 1 minute.
4. Oil layer will be come with newspaper.
2. Lay it over water.
3. Remove it just after a 1 minute.
4. Oil layer will be come with newspaper.
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Re: How to get rid of oil layer
I do it twice a week.asheesh wrote:This is great idea. Do you do it everyday?
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Re: How to get rid of oil layer
I use DIY skimmer only!!!
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Re: RE: Re: How to get rid of oil layer
I found these to be a lot of work, so I moved to surface skimmers.SCORPIO wrote:1. Take a newspaper.
2. Lay it over water.
3. Remove it just after a 1 minute.
4. Oil layer will be come with newspaper.
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Re: How to get rid of oil layer
Can u post the DIY Pic pls?parthapratim22 wrote:I use DIY skimmer only!!!