Algea Scrubber?

Shallow Planet · Nov 13, 2018

Need opinions. Run a large skimmer rated for 220g. Or run a skimmer rated 150g medium bioload/100g heavy plus an algea scrubber?

Tank is softies/lps 150g

JumboShrimp · Nov 13, 2018

If it’s a question on where to spend your money, go big on the skimmer and build your own scrubber dirt-cheap.

ca1ore · Nov 13, 2018

Did you ask this elsewhere ... I think I answered already.

halfdoz · Nov 13, 2018

I do both as well. I paid a lot for a big regal reef octopus and made my own ATS.

Shallow Planet · Nov 13, 2018

opened it up to a poll this time. I always heard to undersize your skimmer if also scrubbing

Shallow Planet · Nov 13, 2018

more of I heard you need a smaller skimmer with a scrubber for them the work better together

ca1ore · Nov 14, 2018

Hard to see why that would be. What was the logic in what you had been told .... if there was any? Sounds like typical LFS ‘fuzzy’ logic.

cracker · Nov 14, 2018

Just turn a larger skimmer down. You just may want that extra ability some day .

halfdoz · Nov 14, 2018

I’ve read the same but my ATS works well enough and hate to take something offline that works and my skimmer still skims like crazy but I feed more than I should I’m sure.