I have a 240 (see my signature).
I don't get much skimmate in my curve 9 elite like I used to. My chaeto has taken off like crazy and I throw away a volleyball to basketball size chunk every week or 10 days. Between that and my clean up crew, I don't have much algae even on the glass.
I don't chase numbers but watch my fish and corals for signs of trouble. I have found in over 32 years of reefing, the inhabitants will tell the tale of how things are going.
I have taken the cup off the skimmer for the last two weeks and just let it run. Nothing seems to have taken a turn for the worse so I am thinking about removing the skimmer and putting the chaeto in the skimmer compartment because it's larger and upgrading my light to an h160we from the Amazon UFO looking grow light I now run.
Do any of you guys with tanks 180 or larger run skimmerless? For how long? What is your bio load. Mine is huge.
I don't get much skimmate in my curve 9 elite like I used to. My chaeto has taken off like crazy and I throw away a volleyball to basketball size chunk every week or 10 days. Between that and my clean up crew, I don't have much algae even on the glass.
I don't chase numbers but watch my fish and corals for signs of trouble. I have found in over 32 years of reefing, the inhabitants will tell the tale of how things are going.
I have taken the cup off the skimmer for the last two weeks and just let it run. Nothing seems to have taken a turn for the worse so I am thinking about removing the skimmer and putting the chaeto in the skimmer compartment because it's larger and upgrading my light to an h160we from the Amazon UFO looking grow light I now run.
Do any of you guys with tanks 180 or larger run skimmerless? For how long? What is your bio load. Mine is huge.