protein skimmer

[c-town]

I'VE BEEN LOOK ALL OVER TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME TO RUN MY SKIMMER PER DAY. IT'S A VENTURI TYPE OF SKIMMER THANKS C-TOWN :? :?

 

[tike]

I run my skimmer 24/7. Why do you want to run it part time?

 

[metalac]

yeah 24/7 is a way to go.

 

[Anonymous]

Ditto all of the above
24/7

 

[Anonymous]

I on the other hand run my skimmer 24/7/365

 

[mr_X]

i shut mine off during Kwanzaa, otherwise, it's always on

 

[LA-Lawman]

i shut mine off during Kwanzaa, otherwise, it's always on

ditto here. i shut mine down for christmahanakwanzmas.... that is about it.

 

[LA-Lawman]

dbl post

 

[SnowManSnow]

another vote for 24 / 7 / 365

 

[LA-Lawman]

24/7/365 even holidays and leap year..... always on

 

[rbursek]

Here we go! This spring I posted a thread about partial skimming, what a reaction it got. I have been partially skimming since then for 12 hours a day. 3pm till 3am, and have seen no ill effects to it. A few others do also.
Bob

 

[tike]

Here we go! This spring I posted a thread about partial skimming, what a reaction it got. I have been partially skimming since then for 12 hours a day. 3pm till 3am, and have seen no ill effects to it. A few others do also.
Bob

That's great Bob! I just wanted to know why?? I mean i see no ill effects running it all the time. It just another thing i don't have to keep track of and i don't have room for another timer.
Wasn't tryin to bash anybody.

 

[mr_X]

some say that there is such a thing as overskimming. removing waste, and also valuable nutrients/minerals along with it. i haven't seen the effects of that, skimming 24/7. maybe my skimmer is underpowered :?

 

[Unarce]

If it works well for your tank and scheduled routine, then there's nothing wrong with partial skimming. If nutrients start to get out of hand, then you just have to adjust.

 

[Mthompson]

I stop skimming when I add marine snow once or twice a week. I usually get busy and forget about turning it back on for a few hours. No ill effects with that schedule, but this is essentially 24/7.....

 

[JD'sReef]

I posted the same question a few months back, so even though I do not know why some people do it, there must be a reason. I heard it has something to do with with helping to balance out the PH fluctuation with the lighting.
Keep us posted,
J.

 

[camaroracer214]

sometimes you can overskim, but it's unlikely to happen in most aquariums unless you have a skimmer that is way too large or hooked up improperly. if you add a lot of supplements to your tank (like iron, iodine, magnesium, calcium, strontium and molybdenum) you could possibly be skimming some of these out. only a small amount of these could be skimmed, and this really only occurs if the bubbles in the skimmer are too fine, which would produce a "wet" skimmate.

the only time i would suggest unplugging your skimmer is if you have a lot of macroalgae. sometimes skimming will remove nutrients that the macroalgae thrives on. however, this is also unlikely unless you have an absurdly large skimmer.

i skim 24/7/365. it's best to continually skim that way you pull all of the junk out of the water.

 

[mr_X]

sometimes you can overskim, but it's unlikely to happen in most aquariums unless you have a skimmer that is way too large or hooked up improperly. .

how do you hook a skimmer up improperly?

 

[SnowManSnow]

IMO you can't overskim. BUT it is just MO.

b

 

[camaroracer214]

your skimmer can be hooked up improperly if it is putting out too fine of bubbles.

in the case of pm bullet skimmers, a lot can go wrong. the skimmer output can be below the water line, you can use too large a pump, etc. there's a lot of ways to hook up a skimmer improperly.