What kind of differences and for how long have you been doing it?Yes I learned from Doctor Tim to shut my skimmer off for three hours at night and it’s made a big difference in my tank !
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What kind of differences and for how long have you been doing it?Yes I learned from Doctor Tim to shut my skimmer off for three hours at night and it’s made a big difference in my tank !
Explain more i think om going through a cyano breakout.I've seen that one as well... and spoken to Dr. Tim on several occasions. Nice guy, by the way... I recently had excellent results using his Re-Fresh and Waste-A-Way products to wipe out a cyano bloom.
Agreed. I was just realizing that is been a couple months since the Cyano treatment and it FINALLY hasn't come back (also knock wood). I inherited a tank full of "red" rock. Fingers crossed, chem-clean took care of it. (Two uses over last 5 months)Chemi clean did great for me. Gave it 5 days and it cleared it all up. Followed directions, No ill effects. Gets a thumbs up in my book
Yup it knocked it out for me. I had the slightest bit of cyano try to creep back but I actually tied that to the dosage of microbacter 7 I was using.. after I'd dose mb7 cyano would pop up on the gha I was battling. Stopped dosing mb7 and no cyano. Gha mostly gone nowAgreed. I was just realizing that is been a couple months since the Cyano treatment and it FINALLY hasn't come back (also knock wood). I inherited a tank full of "red" rock. Fingers crossed, chem-clean took care of it. (Two uses over last 5 months)
1. Do you think there are benefits to turning your skimmer off for periods of time? What?
2. What's the longest you've ever been without a skimmer on a reef tank?
https://www.drtimsaquatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DrTims_Cyano_Recipe_Mar19.pdfExplain more i think om going through a cyano breakout.
Dr. Tim recommends not running your skimmer for 8 hours after using Waste.Today let's talk about the benefits, if you believe there are some, to turning your skimmer off for a certain period of time. I have always been pro-skimmer and I still am but I have to be honest with you. I took my skimmer off my 400g over 6 months ago or so and my reef has not missed a beat. It's actually doing better algae wise. Oh and I've not changed the water either but that's for another discussion. So let me here from you!
1. Do you think there are benefits to turning your skimmer off for periods of time? What?
2. What's the longest you've ever been without a skimmer on a reef tank?
No skimmer reef image via @CoralAddict645
Exactly!!This is somthing ive been looking into a lot myself actually, and curently experimenting with myself.
Personally its a great way to balance your nutrients.
Allows nutrients to be taken up naturally by corals/bacteria/etc.
Other things ive picked up on from researching other peoples experiences is...
It allows benificial bacteria to grow in the water column without being skimmed out - dr tim, also Mark talks about cycling his skimmer off at night with great success.
Ive heard of more stability with PH by not running a skimmer - Mikeymikemike.