Itsnottheskimmer

Okay, I know the discussion went to needing a skimmer or not (my opinion, yes. You do. This one works well too.) I have this filter and the packaging shows it assembled wrong! The L shaped pipe is supposed to have the short end attached to the main stem of the filter and the long end points up with the floating ring placed over it. If assembled correctly this skimmer works amazing! I have two on two different set ups and it's probably the best filter I've ever gotten (I actually replaced a fluval with this filter and it dramatically improved the health of the aquarium). Please if you bought this or are considering buying it please assemble correctly. It's worth the 35 dollars and it really works. I'm trying to find a way to tell topfin because this is a marketing issue, not a product issue. I've added pictured to show how it should look and how it works. Inside the tube you can see waste debris build up in a slime. You can see air bubbles build around it and collect wastes. It does 100% work and I highly recommend if you are having issues with tank health and keeping nitrate and nitrites at 0 that you get a protein skimmer and an under gravel filter AND a regular media filter. All these systems help prevent KH crash, nitrate and nitrite spikes, PH spikes and much more.