My cup fills in two to three days. Light green. Been dialing back a little. What is better wet or dry skimming.
73 gallion, 19 gallon sump. Moderate load, fish and lps corals.
73 gallion, 19 gallon sump. Moderate load, fish and lps corals.
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My cup fills in two to three days. Light green. Been dialing back a little. What is better wet or dry skimming.
73 gallion, 19 gallon sump. Moderate load, fish and lps corals.
Thanks. Will keep it wet. Now I do dose phytoplankton twice a week. Helps keep pod population high. And since I started, made a big difference. I have a happy fat mandarin. Was thin when purchased it. Does wet skimming remove the plankton?Wetter skimming removes more organic substances per hour than dryer skimming. I shoot for 0.5 -1.0 gallon of skimmate per day for my 100 gallon fish only system. The goal is what I can conveniently handle per day not that I know less skimmate collection would end in disaster. By the way, this is about a 1% water change per day.
Definitely collect as much skimmate per day as is convenient for you if your goal for the skimmer is to maximize waste removal in your system. Also, if you are into water changes, use wet skimming if you can to remove the water rather than scooping it out.
Yes, skimming can remove microorganisms from the water column. I don’t know how you could maximize removing dissolved organic carbon while minimizing phytoplankton removal. One strategy to give coral a chance to feed is to turn off the skimmer while feeding, or off during the day, on during the night. See @Dana Riddle recent post on controlling nitrates with phytoplankton addition.