Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago my skimmer messed up and emptied half the water from my 125 onto the floor on the day we were returning from a one week vacation (luckily it did not happen sooner). The only coral out of the water was a candy cane and at that only half way out (more luck). At that point I made up water and topped off my tank, removed the skimmer (garbage) and started running carbon on a canister filter. Funny thing, my corals have never looked better!! The other thing I did was place a tube in my tank so that the canister filter removes water from the surface of the tank. So what do you think:
A. I needed to do a large water change.
B. sucking the water off the surface is making for better lighting and O2 exchange.
Also, any negatives from running carbon 24/7?
A couple of weeks ago my skimmer messed up and emptied half the water from my 125 onto the floor on the day we were returning from a one week vacation (luckily it did not happen sooner). The only coral out of the water was a candy cane and at that only half way out (more luck). At that point I made up water and topped off my tank, removed the skimmer (garbage) and started running carbon on a canister filter. Funny thing, my corals have never looked better!! The other thing I did was place a tube in my tank so that the canister filter removes water from the surface of the tank. So what do you think:
A. I needed to do a large water change.
B. sucking the water off the surface is making for better lighting and O2 exchange.
Also, any negatives from running carbon 24/7?
