Turboflotor 1000 Skimmer | Aqua Medic Protein Skimmers

Aqua Medic TurboFlotor 1000 Multi SL Protein Skimmer

Very Small footprint 7 1/4 inches x 7 1/4 inches and only 22 inches tall

The Turboflotor Multi SL hang-on is the among the most capable, versatile and effective skimmers of its size. No other skimmer made today offers the same level of function, adaptability and ease of use than the revolutionary Multi SL design. In this hobby, where so often a single aquarium set-up receives several skimmer upgrades in its lifetime, the Turboflotor Multi SL offers you a confident long-term solution. This is the unique kind of skimmer that has the capacity to remain at the heart of your growing system and become your go-to skimmer for many years. Equally at home hanging on a small quarantine tank or permanently installed at the heart of a 200 gallon reef display's filtration system; the Turboflotor Multi SL is so effective and flexible that it will be among your most valuable tools as an aquarist. Find out first-hand why this is among the best selling skimmers in the world.

This versatile protein skimmer can be fixed to the side of the aquarium (hang-on mode), or placed inside or outside the sump of the filter. Its compact size makes it small enough to be stored under the cabinet. In the hang-on mode, only the pump is placed inside the aquarium. The pump features a venturi with the patented Aqua Medic needle wheel. The skimmer itself has the conical collection cup inner tube (also patented), a lid, and two outflow boxes for directing the water back into the aquarium. As an option, a large 1.2 liter (0.3 gallon) outflow box can be placed at the outlets, for use as a first stage biological filter. Comes with Ocean Runner pump. Up to 250 gal.

Protein skimming is a method of physical water treatment. It uses a phenomenon known from our daily experience: the adhesion of surface active substances to air water layers. If we add a drop of oil to a water surface, a thin film is produced with a thickness of only one molecule. Surface active compounds like proteins behave in the same way. The Turboflotor multi SL uses its air bubbles to create a large water surface for the waste substances to attach themselves to. These air bubbles are forced into the reactor-pipe in a such a way that they undergo a long contact time within the counter current. Enriched with organic substances, they rise to the top and form a firm foam, that is dehydrated and pushed into the collection cup. This method removes organic wastes from the aquarium water before they become part of the biological waste treatment cycle.

The Ocean Runner PH 2500 venturi pump draws the water out of the aquarium or the filter chamber, mixes it in the pump housing with air, which is then cut into small air bubbles by the Needle wheel. This water/air mixture is pumped into the reaction pipe where the organic substances are taken up by the air bubbles. Foam is formed and is pushed into the foam cup. The cleaned water flows to the bottom of the skimmer and is transported via two transparent tubes on the outside of skimmer back into the aquarium or into the filter chamber.

Set-up
The Turboflotor multi SL is a skimmer, that can be set up in various ways:
1. As an external skimmer, directly mounted on the aquarium: Hang on,
2. For use in the cabinet with a sump or under tank filter system
- next to the filter tank
- in the filter tank

Shipment Dimensions:

* Weight: 9.9 lb
* Height: 18 in
* Width: 15 in
* Depth: 8 in

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