Do I need a skimmer

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I have a skimmer and had it hooked up but I just bought a mechanical filter the Marineland hot hang on the back with a bio wheel and a hang on the back cpr aquafudge 2 and I got chaetomorph in the refugium and I don't know if I have to have the skimmer hooked up still or not so it would be nice if someone would let me know thanks
 
Yeah I know all of that but I don't know if the stuff that I hooked up would do that stuff also that's all
 
Maybe. You didn't provide enough info about the tank or the animals inside. How are your nitrate and phosphate levels? Nobody even used skimmers the first 10 years I had tanks, but almost everyone does now. There is a reason, They make it so much easier to keep a tank.
 
No, all that stuff you hooked up will not do all that. Mechanical filters can't remove the organics that a skimmer can.
But, if your tank is under 30g, then its easy to keep your water parameters in check by just doing weekly water changes.
 
No, all that stuff you hooked up will not do all that. Mechanical filters can't remove the organics that a skimmer can.
But, if your tank is under 30g, then its easy to keep your water parameters in check by just doing weekly water changes.

This.
 
I guess I'll just hook the skimmer back up and it's the aquatic life internal mini skimmer 115 so that should be good enough for a 30 gallon right
 
My nightrates are about 10 and I haven't checked the phosphate in awhile but I need to check them but I think there good cause I have no algae so they should be good
 
Skimmers are a must have in my book. A 30 gallon, it is not as necessary than a 55. My 36 bowfront and 20 gallon frag tank have one
 
I did have nitrates at 25 and got them down to around 10 I gotta test everything cause it's been about 2 weeks since I tested but I got a red sea test kit and a seachem phosphate test kit
 

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