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Old 01/09/2008, 11:06 PM
soulfigter soulfigter is offline
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Originally posted by luke33
Although its fun to watch when you dump in skimmate, good skimmers can pick it up like a shark to blood. Bad things happen when you do that and then leave for an hour! lol.........especially when its a hot Ever see a skimmer grow brown ears out the top then long brown hair to the floor! Not fun to explain to the wifey.
I have it in a 30 gallon rubbermaid in my basement for it to break in. I'd never do something like that somewhere where I could cause damage that would cause my wife to damage me.
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Old 01/10/2008, 07:30 AM
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It is the opposite, close it for a wetter skimmate, and open it for dry.
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Old 01/10/2008, 07:49 AM
MrSquid MrSquid is offline
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It is the opposite, close it for a wetter skimmate, and open it for dry.
I realized that a bit after I typed it but I was too tired to fix it. I knew one of you would correct me.
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