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Originally Posted by Jason McKenzie  How big is the tank?
It's not a 100% requirement that you run a skimmer. If you are willing to do small water changes weekly and feed the fish sparingly you should be able to get away with out a skimmer. I run a little 14G nano without a skimmer.
I would never ever add any supplement to the tank with out first knowing what the level of what ever it is you are adding is in the tank (WOW I'm sure I could have worded that better)
J |
Well i have in the 24g 3 peppermint shrimps, 3 blue legged hermits various sponges ( on the liverock) and recently a Tubastrea.
Obviously the skimmer is a response to the purchase of the Tubastrea and it's hefty feeding requirements.
I don't imagine the livestock increasing soon if in fact atall, it will essentially be a tank just for the tub.
Im feeding it a mixture of mysid, mussel, dallies, clyclopeese with a small dash of reef plus for the vits, the colony is currently around 25 heads, the piece measuring about 3 by 2 inches.
At the moment i'm feeding it nightly but am considering looking into bi-daily feedings (if it wants it)
Just to go back a step if we may, why exactly does it take a skimmer any time to break in, this may perhaps sound like a stupid question but i am curious to know.