No worries, skimmer has been removed a few days ago.. funny how much QUIETER my system is too... Water seems to remain pretty clear in display, so LR doing some filtering too on its own.. I figure WITHOUT the skimmer, there will be even more FOOD for the Scrubber to grow faster. Skimming while trying to get a scrubber going is kinda battling each other IMHO with skimmer removing food that the Algae Scrubber would probably thrive on. So we see.

So far and algae is just starting to grow on the scrubber after only a few days. Pods have eaten some so I did my first RO rinse today.

LIke I said my main concern was 02 in the water, not as much as what the skimmer removes.. I think it removes more than we would like to think about, while not removing things like PHosphates and Ammonias, both of which the Algae will do. I am getting plenty of 02 mix through my overflows and even through the scrubber its bubbling bettween the sheets, without the algae adding 02 through respiration yet.

If I see any radical changes, I can always hook it right back up, but for now its gone..