Originally Posted by
rygh
A few months ago, my scrubber pump jammed without me noticing, and scrubber died.
So my tank went from good scrubber, to no scrubber, to recovering scrubber, and eventually back to good scrubber.
I did not notice any difference in my skimmer at all during that time.
Although I was not actively checking of course.
I don't really see why a scrubber would directly effect a skimmer.
Scrubbers slurp up ammonia and nitrates, which skimmers do not touch.
My bet is that effects are secondary, such as if you have a scrubber, you may feed more,
which increases skimming of course.
Although perhaps some dead bits of algae falling off the scrubber are hydrophobic?