how do you clean yours

biggy119 · 11/18/2013, 10:32 PM

hello yet another question .

1.. how are you guys cleaning your tanks I.E fish poo and stuff like that ?

2.. i have been running my nano tank now for 3 weeks and when should i get a skimmer i have a nano cube 24 .

sorry for asking so much but this is somthing i dont want to mess up

thank you

madweazl · 11/18/2013, 11:02 PM

What are you planning on placing in the aquarium? I quit using skimmers about 10 years ago (not saying they're bad at all, I just stopped using them) and didnt have any negative results so dont feel that you MUST run one. Detritus is typically removed mechanically (such as during a water change) but I prefer to keep things as natural as possible and like to use some sort of clean up crew to do the dirty work like a cucumber.

biggy119 · 11/18/2013, 11:14 PM

well im looking at a anem with some clowns and a few fish i have a small clean up crew but ill keep the cucumber in mind .

MrTuskfish · 11/19/2013, 12:49 PM

Most fish waste just rots away, that's why you have a bio-filter.

phillrodrigo · 11/19/2013, 04:29 PM

Skimmers arent necessary on a tank smaller than 40 gallons. They dont hurt but I wouldnt bother on a 24. Having a larger tank and a ten gallon I get carried away on my nano. I end up doing 3 or 4 gallons and thats 50%. I went Bb on my nano I just couldnt get the siphon to all the sand without taking out the rock.

biggy119 · 11/19/2013, 05:27 PM

Ok so you wouldnt bother with a skimmer..

11/18/2013, 10:32 PM	#1
biggy119 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 18	how do you clean yours hello yet another question . 1.. how are you guys cleaning your tanks I.E fish poo and stuff like that ? 2.. i have been running my nano tank now for 3 weeks and when should i get a skimmer i have a nano cube 24 . sorry for asking so much but this is somthing i dont want to mess up thank you

11/19/2013, 12:49 PM	#4
MrTuskfish Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Wild Blue Yonder Posts: 8,887	Most fish waste just rots away, that's why you have a bio-filter. __________________ If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. Steve Current Tank Info: 180, 2-240 FOWLRs, 240 reef

11/18/2013, 11:02 PM	#2
madweazl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOVA Posts: 774	What are you planning on placing in the aquarium? I quit using skimmers about 10 years ago (not saying they're bad at all, I just stopped using them) and didnt have any negative results so dont feel that you MUST run one. Detritus is typically removed mechanically (such as during a water change) but I prefer to keep things as natural as possible and like to use some sort of clean up crew to do the dirty work like a cucumber.

11/18/2013, 11:14 PM	#3
biggy119 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 18	well im looking at a anem with some clowns and a few fish i have a small clean up crew but ill keep the cucumber in mind .

11/19/2013, 04:29 PM	#5
phillrodrigo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: quaker hill ct Posts: 2,433	Skimmers arent necessary on a tank smaller than 40 gallons. They dont hurt but I wouldnt bother on a 24. Having a larger tank and a ten gallon I get carried away on my nano. I end up doing 3 or 4 gallons and thats 50%. I went Bb on my nano I just couldnt get the siphon to all the sand without taking out the rock.

11/19/2013, 05:27 PM	#6
biggy119 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 18	Ok so you wouldnt bother with a skimmer..