My skimmerless goal

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by Thatgrimguy, Aug 6, 2011.

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  1. srusso

    srusso Plankton

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    A screen can last about 6 hours without any flow. If that does happen it should be cleaned/harvested and put back online to recover.

    For coral food... 30 minutes, once a week! Ha! SantaMonica built a food chiller/doser that continually feeds the tank a few ml's very few seconds. Not saying that's what you have to do... But you can feed very liberally when you have a fully matured algae scrubber.
     
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  2. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    oH, i know it can handle the waist!!

    I'm thinking more of the time with no flow. If I hook them to my return, I typically have turned my returns off when I feed my corals... The feed timer is 30 minutes. I was just making sure that wouldn't sour the screen.
     
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  3. srusso

    srusso Plankton

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    30 minutes every week with zero flow shouldn't do much to the screen... but it's not ideal. It maybe worth asking around but I believe it should be fine.
     
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  4. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    Hmm... I may just run the return instead.. I mean.. It's really not a big deal if I don't make it one lol.
     
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