I have a Red Sea 75 gallon and sump. The last time I used a skimmer I got Dinos, so I haven’t used it since. I also don’t have any nutrient extraction source, other than the coral in the tank. Three months of this. I have a large amount of live rock in the tank. My question is, is this a viable long term method, or will I need to find some sort of nutrient export method. My corals are great. I feed reef roids twice a week and the 8 fish I have every other day. I have the skimmer available, but I’d rather not get dinos again.
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Chad, IMHO there is virtually no relationship between a skimmer and dinos except that they both were in your tank system. Probaby 90% or more of the reefers here use a skimmer and most of them don't have dinos. Get it? Put the skimmer back to work in the sump.
With no nutrient export system you are on borrowed time... probably. Do you run any carbon or GFO? How often do you do water changes and how big are they? That is a nutrient export system. Oh, and roughly how much is "...a large amount of live rock." 20 lbs, 40 lbs, 70 lbs, 100lbs?
With no nutrient export system you are on borrowed time... probably. Do you run any carbon or GFO? How often do you do water changes and how big are they? That is a nutrient export system. Oh, and roughly how much is "...a large amount of live rock." 20 lbs, 40 lbs, 70 lbs, 100lbs?
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As long as your bio-load isn't too big you could be OK. If you don't do anything new and you get a bloom of some kind, increasa the size of your water changes to 15 or 20 gallon bi-weekly or 10 gallon every week until the issue goes away.
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No issues yet. No cyano, acros have full extension, colors are poppping. I was talking with a friend a few day’s ago and he said the live rock Being that numberous may provide all the media I need. Anything I can add besides turning skimmer on to help besides carbon?
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I wouldn't do carbon unless your water is tinted yellow or you have a toxin in the tank, or corals at war with each other. I'm in the KISS club when it comes to high tech in an aquarium. I have a new DIY 90g tank (36"x30"x20") with a small 30g sump/refugium, 2 filter socks, chaeto, a skimmer, a good led and an ATO. No filter floss, no GFO, no phosphate reactor, no Apex... heck, right now my system doesn't even have a wavemaker or powerhead!
Do you test for anything?
Do you test for anything?
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You said it, not me... but yeah. That's like backwards. Your chemistry can show you something is headed in the wrong direction before the corals show any signs of stress let alone problems.
Your tank is a chemistry environment and you are the master of how it goes. If you care, you'll test. It's way too easy for things to go off the rails with a reef even when you do everything as best you can. Not doing testing is just inviting trouble.
Your tank is a chemistry environment and you are the master of how it goes. If you care, you'll test. It's way too easy for things to go off the rails with a reef even when you do everything as best you can. Not doing testing is just inviting trouble.
