I agree with you all as well. I think a tank can be overskimmed. Of course,
it also depends on bio-load and feedings etc. I try to run my skimmer so
that it pulls out only dark gunk (which is how I was taught they should run)
and I run it 24-7. Sometimes it freaks out and dumps a bunch of water in the
cup, but for the most part, it only pulls small amounts of dark gunk out
thoughout the week. I do also use Iodine. I have noticed that when carbon is
used, or caluerpa is used in a refugium that the skimmer pulls significantly
less gunk.
Okay, so here is a question..... if you can overskim, then why do we (even
those of us skimming our tanks to death) still get algae or have problems
with nuisance algaes?
Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Overskimming?
>
> I also agree you can very easily overskim your reeftank.I'd adjust your
> skimmer so you only pull out very brown gunk not just brown water.I
> personally am for adding additives daily for sum and weekly for others.As
> of
> how much you should scale down your skimmer is trial and error.Some people
> just run it a couple hours a week some every other day some 24/7.Its trial
> and error to see how your tank responds to the different settings.If you
> have a refugium which I don't think you do you probably would only have to
> run it a couple hours a day or none at all.I personal run mine scaled back
> to just pull thick brown gunk for 24/7.Most of the time it doesn't pull
> anything at all anyway.I just keep it going for the air or oxygen content
> reaction???Just my 2 cents.Ken.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Stiene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:55 AM
> Subject: RE: Overskimming?
>
>
> > Larry,
> >
> > I am complete agreement that you can overskim. I have a 125 with one of
> > Ron's skimmers also. I believe I have overskimmed my tank for a year.
> I
> > was getting no coral growth,no coraline growth. Everything looked
> stagnant.
> > I spoke to Ron many times about the skimmer pulling water out and it
> always
> > has stated that is how it is supposed to run. But I started to look at
> many
> > other tank setups in my area. And every single person that has a
> skimmer
> > was pulling out a very thick gunk with no water. Ron's skimmer would
> pull
> > almost a 1/4gallon of brown water per day. So I finally decided to slow
> it
> > way down. And I have started to see a big difference after a few weeks.
> > The skimmer is not filling up with water, but rather a brown gunk is
> slowly
> > building at the bottom of the collection cup at the top of the skimmer.
> > After almost one week since I last cleaned it out, I have about 1/4" of
> > brown gunk. This is comparable to how other skimmers run.
> >
> > Ron will not agree with this method, but I believe his pulling of more
> water
> > out with the skimmer is tied into his configuration of his tanks. For
> > example, he has many fish, feeds alot, and does almost daily water
> changes.
> > So his bioload is very high. He also adds additives such as iodine and
> > Vital Gold. I do not add any additives. So in his tank, the additives
> may
> > replace with his skimmer pulls out, where in my tank, the elements are
> not
> > replaced until I do a water change. Anyways, this is my opinion and I
> am
> > starting to feel I am on the right track.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry J. Geguzis
> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 11:54 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Overskimming?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > Anyone want to wade in (no pun) on the topic of whether or not
> a
> > reef tank can be "overskimmed"? I have a 125 gal reef tank with over 300
> > lbs of live rock, almost no sand, 20 gal sump, and one of Ron's
> Saltwater
> > Heaven protein skimmers. It recently started cranking out mostly water
> (and
> > too much of that), so I thought I needed to change the airstones.
> Changing
> > the stone didn't help, so until I could get to a LFS to get some advice,
> I
> > shut it down. Since I have it shut off, (less than a week), my critters
> and
> > corals seem *healthier*. Colors are brighter, anemone bigger than
> before,
> > and the soft corals are noticeably somehow looking better. Not something
> > that's easily described (especially by a novice like myself). All the
> > water quality tests pre and post are good. The question is: Am I
> cruising
> > for a crash by only running the skimmer occasionally? (after I get it
> > working, that is). When it WAS working it really did churn out some
> > incredibly vile stuff. I had been running it 24/7. So, if the advice is
> to
> > run it less than 24/7, how do I gauge how much to run it?
> > All opinions gratefully accepted.
> > Thanks,
> > Larry
> >
> > "Never eat anything that you can't lift."
> > Miss Piggy
> >
> >
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