Skimmers: Oversized or Undersized?
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reefinginBD
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Okie thank you so much for the help!
One of the main reasons to have a skimmer is gas exchange. Larger is better for this.
As for organics, none of them will remove 100%. I run multiples on every tank and no dirty corals have ever had a problem - zoas/palys are banned from the tank since they grow so fast. My Colorado Sunbursts grow like crazy too. The whole dirty vs. clean thing is a myth, IMO, and everything will do well in solid water with a trace but not too much of an excess of building blocks.
As for organics, none of them will remove 100%. I run multiples on every tank and no dirty corals have ever had a problem - zoas/palys are banned from the tank since they grow so fast. My Colorado Sunbursts grow like crazy too. The whole dirty vs. clean thing is a myth, IMO, and everything will do well in solid water with a trace but not too much of an excess of building blocks.
fish farmer
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I run this lps/softy tank with a reef octo classic 110...that's rated for a heavy bioload 60 gallon.
My tank is a sumped 29 gallon with three fish. I also have a chaeto refuge, no socks and run the skimmer dry. Currently low nitrates and phosphates....but do have a few in tank algae issues. Everything needs trimming. The tank did fine when I had undetectable N and P.
Markcw
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Undersized for me have just brought the Bubble magnus QQ2 for my 170 litter and it's not pulling much out, been running around 3 weeks now and I have not had a skimmer for since setting up the tank but decided on one recently as I know it oxygenates the water brilliantly and control PH. I would rather under skim than over skim
