atb gettin the nasty!

joe blo · 02/07/2009, 02:45 PM

moondoggy4 · 02/07/2009, 03:49 PM

Does the skimmer pull consistenly that amount of skimmate and how often. It seems that a med. would be over sized.

joe blo · 02/07/2009, 06:15 PM

that's about two days of heavy feeding. the medium is rated for something like 400 gallons, but how do you overskim a reef?

redfishsc · 02/07/2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by joe blo
that's about two days of heavy feeding. the medium is rated for something like 400 gallons, but how do you overskim a reef?

Very easy. Put a huge skimmer on a small tank and run it wide open. In effect you may be skimming out more than just unwanted DOC's. You may be removing important trace elements, small planktonic organisms, etc...

Now, that being said, I don't personally think you're in danger of overskimming your tank with what you have. It's certainly a big skimmer for your tank, but IMO not too much.

02/07/2009, 02:45 PM	#1
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moondoggy4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: menifee So cal Posts: 11,042	Does the skimmer pull consistenly that amount of skimmate and how often. It seems that a med. would be over sized.

02/07/2009, 06:15 PM	#3
joe blo Moved On Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: sactown Posts: 89	that's about two days of heavy feeding. the medium is rated for something like 400 gallons, but how do you overskim a reef?