i am sorry , but I can not explain it any better. I hope others will see the logic and understand.thet if one does not respect the basics of growthI don't think anyone has come to that conclusions except you.
I still have no idea why you think a skimmer will increase nitrate.
Seriously, is there anyone else reading this thread that accepts the rationale for skimmers to increase nitrate? I don't mean it as a joke or criticism I'm trying to understand what, if anything, I am missing in this whole discussion.
I've asked a few times and get no satisfying explanation.
I try to explain it in a way that everyone can see the logic of it, even for those without the necessary basic knowledge.
A minimum requirement is to know how growth comes about.
Good management starts with what is added as balanced nutrition, it determines what remains later, which cannot be removed by growth will accumulate. This presupposes that what is added can also be effectively used up by growth and not be partially removed leaving a portion of what will be left behind, unusable for growth until the nutritional balance is restored.
With less good management, products and devices will be developed to remove what is left behind and is considered problematic and what should not be there in the first place.
Sometimes resources and measures are advised and used for this that involve much higher risks than the risk represented by what has been left behind due to poor management.