I just have to vent......
I've been a frequenter of this forum and I started on Marine Depot forum. I've been keeping saltwater tanks since 1991 and fresh water since since 1978. Anyway, I have been going to reef central forum just because there is so much traffic. I decided to post on a thread of a guy who wanted to start a natural system. In that post I put down a link to this forum and it automatically changed it to reefcentral.com..........weird right? then, I just mentioned using algae as a filter and OMG...did I open a can of worms. I I made the mistake of saying micro algae is a better filter than the macro. I got skewered so I thought I would find some research on the subject. I found some totally unrelated to this site and well...I'm scratching my head. Also...please don't say anything derogatory about skimmers on that site if you want to enjoy your experience. I found a study that posted what a skimmer removes and, mostly, its micro organism from what I could gather.
Thanks for listening.