dling Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I've just added two more crocea clams to my tank giving me a total of 4. I started thinking about the skimmer removing filter food from them. I've been skimming on the wet side. Would it be advisable to either reduce the skimmer to a drier point or even turn it off for a few days a week ? Does it even matter either way ? Quote Link to comment
Staticmoves Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Looks like the starting of a relevant thread here. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 There is documentation out there regarding skimmers on nano's leading to issues like lack of nutrients, removing essential food that many critters need. Each tanks needs are different. Feeding the clams will help. As for running the skimmer, I'd turn it off while feeding for sure and monitor as you go Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 The skimmer is off now. I add some phytoplankton yesterday. Shut it down then.The 2 new clams are small. So I'm feeding. Going to leave it off till tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, dling said: The skimmer is off now. I add some phytoplankton yesterday. Shut it down then.The 2 new clams are small. So I'm feeding. Going to leave it off till tomorrow. I used to think phyto wasn't a good idea but since adding pods to my tank and dosing phyto 2 times a week, things have never looked better. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Clown79 said: I used to think phyto wasn't a good idea but since adding pods to my tank and dosing phyto 2 times a week, things have never looked better. Thats great news. Where did u get your phyto from ? Got mine from Liveaquaria when I ordered the clams. That not where I plan on getting the next order. Shipping would kill me. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 BTW. How long do you leave yor your skimmer off ? Ive never used phyto before. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, dling said: Thats great news. Where did u get your phyto from ? Got mine from Liveaquaria when I ordered the clams. That not where I plan on getting the next order. Shipping would kill me. I ended up having dino's and 1 of the main competitors is copepods but they don't thrive well without phyto. I ordered my phyto and copepods from copepod.ca but they also supply to the US. Just gotta change the country on the page. My phos is higher, above what is "best" but both my tanks with higher phos are doing much better than ever before. I don't run a skimmer on my tanks. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 When u say dinos do u mean the brown dino bacteria? Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, dling said: When u say dinos do u mean the brown dino bacteria? Dinoflagellates. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 I recently had a break out of that . Tried using red slime remover to kill it. Dino lived, All my fish , sps, and clams died. 😪 It was a very sad and expensive day. 2 Quote Link to comment
dling Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 I would still like to know if skimming wet removes to much of the food sorce form the filter feeders. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 17 hours ago, dling said: I recently had a break out of that . Tried using red slime remover to kill it. Dino lived, All my fish , sps, and clams died. 😪 It was a very sad and expensive day. I'm sorry to hear that. That must have been awful Dino's are the worst. Quote Link to comment
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