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05-10-2008, 05:32 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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 |  Should I run my skimmer while cycling.
Should I run my protien skimmer while I am cycling the tank? I have about 60 -70 pounds of live rock, regular sand which I will seed from a friends tank later. the chem's are:
Ammonia:2.5
Nitrite: btween 0.2 and 0.5 | 
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05-10-2008, 05:58 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Nope _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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05-10-2008, 06:05 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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okay someone at a lfs said to turn it on. I thought that was wrong because I had read in a book not too. and now 3reef has come through once again.
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05-10-2008, 06:08 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
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It'll slow down your cycle. | |
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05-10-2008, 06:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Theres no need to run the skimmer while cycling b/c theres nothing to clean. You dont even need the lights to be on. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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05-10-2008, 07:07 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Skimming will also retard the coralline expansion as it skims off the new spores no skimming required (:
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05-10-2008, 10:39 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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okay well thanks for the replies. | |
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