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02-28-2008, 01:52 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22
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 |  Skimmer During Cycling?
Hey Everyone. I just wanted to see what everyone thought about having the skimmer on or off while cycling their tank? what do you think?
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28 gal bowfront
40 lbs live sand
30+ lbs live rock
external overflow to 5 gal sump
PS75 protein skimmer
4 x T5 light fixture | 
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02-28-2008, 02:41 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I would have to say off. _________ 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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02-28-2008, 03:21 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Off unless you put in some real nasty LR. There is nothing in the water to skim out and it will remove coralline spore that you desperately need right now during the start of the tank.
I never turned mine on for almost six months after I started the tank. _________ 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 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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02-28-2008, 05:13 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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I will have to disagree and say run the skimmer! I understand where you guys are coming from with not running it, however, I would employ the use of a skimmer and carbon as well. The only thing I would refrain from is doing water changes during the cycling stage.
The reasons for using the skimmer initially is oxygen replenishment, removal of dissolved organics and inorganics, and increased water flow in a nut shell without getting too technical. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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02-28-2008, 10:56 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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How was the tank cycled ? As a rule I'd not us a skimmer for several month on average . But I do everything differently then I see being done nowadays.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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02-28-2008, 12:15 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22
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Well I put 40 lbs live sand and around 30 lbs live rock. after a couple of weeks i put a couple of damsels in and everything has been going well. I started the skimmmer after two or three weeks. The skimmer is the only filtration running on the tank. Other than that just have lots of water flow. | |
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02-28-2008, 12:38 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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with just the skimmer i would be considering more live rock
I didnt skimm until my cycle was over and then some.but I just used base rock | |
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02-28-2008, 03:42 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: rescue, ca Age: 31
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i read that you should not use it during cycling process do to your tank has to accelerate in nitrites and nitrates so skimming would interupt the process | |
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02-28-2008, 06:26 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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I've heard lots of good info on why not to, such as Otty stated, so I am doing nothing but looking at my tank... for at least another couple of months! I do have carbon in my filter which now I wish I wouldn't have put in, but oh well. IMO practice the blank stare way of cycling like I am  . Concentrate on hardware (lights, research, canopy, fans, research, wavemaker, fuge, research, wet/dry, where to put the skimmer, research, etc.). _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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