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i have to say that i run what i think is very light skimming now ( a remora on a 125G). i used to skim heavier but same thign happend to me, my skimmer broke and i was reading bout alot of people going skimmerless so i decided to try it. shaun is def right as far as exporting of excess nutrients but i do think my corals are "happier". pretty much everything in my tank is splitting / growing like crazy (i dont have sps though) although i do have to say that i have to watch how i feed and the lighting. it seems that running my tank the way i do it is more sensitive to changes, i.e. i recently added 1.5 hours onto my light cycle and it resulted in an algae bloom. when i ran a better skimmer that never happend, i used to play with photoperoids all the time. i guess you have to do what works for you in the end.
shaun, the tanks u did the plankton analysis on, did they feed phtyo to their tanks? if no, would that make a difference if they did u think? |