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    afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    i have mature scrubber with green hair algae running now for more than one year my nitrates and phosphates is zero

    i am afraid of shutting down the skimmer so the ph may drops and less aeratation and oxygen for the tank will result

    give me some advice please

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    Its a scary step but once u take it u will never go back.

    Remember the scruber, overflow and surface movement will.provide all.the aeration you need.. by skimming all this time you have been depriving your corals of precious food.

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    I was worried about it to, I will never run a skimmer again!!! Thank GOD!!
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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    Lol... I sold mine a bought a vortech.. not to mention all the money i save od salt

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    IMO if you are afraid to remove the skimmer, and you have no real need to remove it, then don't. There is nothing wrong with running a skimmer. It may not be a very efficient tool, but it is still a useful tool. I was in the same boat... removed my skimmer once I had a good ATS, but then got tired of seeing a $300 skimmer just sitting there not being used so I put it back in. One tank I have ATS+skimmer other tank I have ATS+carbon. Skimmer doesn't really do much, takes about a month to fill the skimmer cup now a days, but like you said, it does aerate the water really good so why not keep it if for no other reason than aeration. Skimmers are probably the best tool for doing that.

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    so for those guys working without the skimmer .... do u see any good results?

    also can i make the skimmer running with no skimming .. like lowering the level of water inside the skimmer?

    also is there any ph drop happened after going skimmerless

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    Just do it for a month and if you dont like the results you can turn it back on. In the mean time you can clean it and get it ready to sell.
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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    In the mean time you can clean it and get it ready to sell
    lol

    so do u feed as recommended or less with no skimmer?

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    No ph fluctuation here..

    I dont agree that its a good tool.. why would you want to remove food from the tank so then you can go a dose it.. its plain dumb imo.

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    Re: afraid of shutting off the skimmer

    i tried removing skimmer before

    i got smell out of the tank

    also the water turned aliitlte bit brown

    so i am afraid to repeat that step

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