Do I need a skimmer

[randy4083]

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

 

[Downbeach]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-08/rhf/index.php

 

[randy4083]

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

 

[kendavjac]

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.

 

[Reefing Madness]

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.

 

[ReefConcept]

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.

 

[randy4083]

It's a 30 gallon tank but I also have a 55 gallon tank to

 

[randy4083]

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

 

[randy4083]

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

 

[reesed5]

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

 

[randy4083]

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