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07/21/2016, 12:58 PM
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How often will I need to empty the cup/perform maintenance on the skimmer?
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07/21/2016, 02:22 PM
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It really depends on how much it's pulling out and whether your skimming wet or dry. If you're skimming dry you will empty less often. There will be a break in period where 1 of 2 things will happen either you won't get anything in the cup for a few days or you will have to set the cup very high cause the skimmer is going crazy which is what happened to me with my RO bh2000. That lasted about a day or 2 then settled down, it's now pulling a nice tea colored skimmate and I empty every 2 to 3 days.
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07/21/2016, 02:24 PM
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07/22/2016, 07:47 AM
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07/22/2016, 08:03 AM
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Don't feel like skimmers are essential. I stopped using them in '97 and notably the two oldest coral farmers in the US, Steve Tyree and Tropicorium in Detroit stopped using them in the mid '90s as well. Here's videos of a couple of my systems:
http://youtu.be/_Uf5IyXvajg http://youtu.be/-eCQSVdqBQA A series of articles I would suggest to get a better idea of how GAC, TOC and skimmers impact reef aquariums are: Granular Activated Carbon Pt 1 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/1/aafeature1 Granular Activated Carbon Pt 2 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/2/aafeature1 Total Organic Carbon Pt 1 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/8/aafeature3 Total Organic Carbon Pt 2 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/9/aafeature2 Protein Skimmer Performance, Pt 1 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/1/aafeature2 Protein Skimmer Performance, Pt 2 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/1/aafeature Skimmate Analysis http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/2/aafeature Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/3/aafeature And I would strongly encourage you to read Forest Rohwer's "Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas" It's a fairly cheap (ebook is $10), very readable introduction to more recent research on reefs and how nutrients and DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon) impact corals.
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