derekschwabe Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I wanted to find out how many of the people who have nano cubes use protein skimmers. I heard that they werent necessary for smaller tanks. What do you think? Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I use a small airstone in a siphon tube to skim my 10G only cause I have 3 fish in there. the fuge also helps by growing all the cyno it wants keeping the display tank clean. Link to comment
vyger Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 IMO...The only reason they are not used on alot of the nano reefs is because most people do a water change once a week so that organics have less of a chance to build up.. I have a 6 gallon tank and with the live rock and DSB there is probably only 4 gal of water . Since I do a 1 gal water change every week that's 25%, I am replacing the entire volume of the tank each month. In my case a skimmer would be overkill..If I had a 20 gal.. tank then I would probably use a skimmer on it. Link to comment
KISSReef Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 IMO, skimming is optional on a nano... with such a small volume of water, overskimming would be a concern.. which would require frequent water changes (or suppliments at the risk of altering ionic balance) to replace necessary elements. If I am going to be making frequent water changes anyhow, those water changes are removing a lot of the DOM that I would otherwise be skimming. Link to comment
Withers Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Ah crap I voted before I read the question. Either way, if I had a nano cube, I'd be using a protein skimmer on it While they may be optional for nano reefs, I would rather be safe than sorry, because if a fish died in my nano, I would want the peace of mind knowing that I had a protein skimmer to help gather up all the organics from it, and help keep the tank from crashing. Plus once you see what they pull out (even in nano reefs), you could never run a tank without one. Link to comment
danieljames Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Don't believe in overskimming. A skimmer will only "foam" if there is something there to remove. I use an asm g-2 on a 26 bow that is very lightly stocked with fish. I just don't think you can overskim. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 i have a 30g and i have a skimmer on it Link to comment
PeTe PoLyP Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 they are optional on any tank.....i have had tanks with skimmers and without. Seems to me like if you dont skim your bio filter is just that much better to keep up with whats in your tank. Link to comment
miztic Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Originally posted by Styxnpicks I use a small airstone in a siphon tube to skim my 10G only cause I have 3 fish in there. the fuge also helps by growing all the cyno it wants keeping the display tank clean. Hi! i've never heard of a skimmer like that, do you have any pictures or a schematic or anything like that ? i'd love to see how it works.. Thanks Link to comment
qwertyuiop Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 i dont have a skimmer yet, but in gonna get one tmro, YAY! Link to comment
mikedege Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 i use a aqua C on my 24G nano, i just hang it on overnight, it pull out about 1 shot glass of coffee colored gunk. every night:o i still do a weekly 3 gallon water change. ever since i've been doing this my corals seem to be extra happy, especially my shrooms and rics, they are bigger than ever now. -Mike Link to comment
Withers Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Maybe it's time to mod the back so it can be hung 24/7 Link to comment
MrMoFo Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 once a week water change = no protien skimmer Link to comment
lobo41a Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I have 3 10gal nano tanks and all have skimmers. Link to comment
USFnano Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I don't have one now, but when I move this summer I'm going to add a sump/skimmer. Link to comment
daFrimpster Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 10gal, 3g a week water change + CPR BakPak = pristine water Link to comment
Sickboy Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I'm part of the 'Eclipse 12 mafia' thats here on Nano-Reef..lol. 12 Gallon, weekly water changes, CPR Bakpak skimmer. Link to comment
Travis Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I don't. I have a fuge filled with Cheato and 50lb of LR and 40lb of LS in my 20 Long. Link to comment
donods Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Was looking for a small skimmer for a 5g + fuge ste-up. Any ideas? Do your skimmers hurt your micro algea? Link to comment
Kogut Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I have a crappy Seaclone100 hooked up to my 20L. It gets the job done, I guess. Waiting for some cash so I can buy a remora. Link to comment
JayGlaze379 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I run a skimmer once a week on my 12gal nano. I work a double shift tuesday going into thursday, so while Im not there I hang it on the front and let it do its thing. It removes a nice size cup of crap in the 24 hours or so its on. I would love to run one full time, but I havent found anything yet that can be used with the nano 12 and keep the stock look. I have a frankstein eclipse 6, Im not about to chop up my nano hood like that one. Link to comment
johnnylightning Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Here's a suggestion! Put your skimmer on a timer!!!! Link to comment
hollister_08 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I run a coralife super skimmer made for a 65gal tank on my 30gal... It does very well taking organics out of my water! Link to comment
ezcompany Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 thread is 2 years old ladies Link to comment
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