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03-12-2008, 03:20 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix Az
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 |  Failed protein skimmer
The pump on my coralife 125 protein skimmer suddenly decided to fail. I have found several places on the internet that have the replacement pump but all of them are backordered. I’m now considering making this an excuse to upgrade to an ASM.
My question is, how long can I go without the protein skimmer. The natural filtration for the tank is strong and I don’t have any issues with algae blooms or sudden variations in water parameters. Will I be ok for a week, more then a week? If anyone has experienced the same issue how long did you go?
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75 Gallon, coralife 125 super skimmer, coralife UV sterilizer, mag 9.5, coralife 48" aqualight 4 X65 watt
Orange shoulder tang, yellow tang, 2 false percula clowns, copperbanded butterfly, 4 chromies, 2 peperment shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp
Hammer head, fuzzy mushrooms, green bubble, star polyp, Kenya Tree Coral | 
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03-12-2008, 03:24 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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well, with two tangs and a butterfly fish and 4 small fish, you may have some buildup of nitrates occur. but behold, Water changes can fix all of that  | |
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03-12-2008, 03:29 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
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What corals are you keeping in the tank? With SPS's you will need a skimmer soon but with just softies you can get buy for a while without one. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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03-12-2008, 03:30 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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from sig, i say mostly softie with a hammer coral | |
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03-12-2008, 04:41 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by aquaboy  well, with two tangs and a butterfly fish and 4 small fish, you may have some buildup of nitrates occur. but behold, Water changes can fix all of that | Keep close eye on water params...
Frequent & significant water changes may be needed.
Maker sure good circulation and surface agitation.
Oh, and of course, me being the "airstone guy" - I would run one of those also till new skimmer in place.
Good Luck! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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03-12-2008, 04:49 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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Originally Posted by omard Oh, and of course, me being the "airstone guy" - I would run one of those also till new skimmer in place. Good Luck! |
Good advice. It's easy to forget the incredible amount of oxygenation performed by the protein skimmer.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer. Wet/Dry converted to 10 Gal Sump w/ auto topoff float valve connected to Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI. Little Giant inline (external) return pump. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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03-12-2008, 05:09 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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And after reading all those threads i forgot to mention the airstone, bad aquaboy, bad....... | |
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03-12-2008, 08:15 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix Az
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Thanks for all the replies,
The first thing I did was add the air stone, I have read about the consequences of not having one when the skimmer fails. Fortunately I'm lucky to have enough LFS in town that after calling about 4 of them I found the ASM to replace the Coralife.
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03-13-2008, 07:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami Beach, Florida Age: 14
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OMG the same thing happened to me. I had to re order the pump from bigalsonline and had to wait a week before it came in. During that week, I had to moniter the water quality constantly and I was back to using my noisy skilter which did nothing but add oxygen to my tank.
I was a little late, but I had to chime in.
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Alrighty, then!!
Last edited by hugoman900; 03-13-2008 at 07:20 PM.
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