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07-27-2008, 05:56 PM
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 If i sell my skimmer.... If i sell my skimmer to get a new one is it ok if i leave my tank runing with out a skimmer for two weeks ? ?? ? like i am selling my built in skimmer in the hang on back refugium ( the same one in i am selling in the market place cause i am building a sump to replace it ) and someones interested but i dont want to waste any money until the person picks it up for sure. and i want to get the ASM skimmer online but when this person buys it from me i will so when i order the new skimmer it would probebly take like a week and a half or two weeks to get to me so i was wondering if its like fatal or really bad for my tank to run without a skimmer for like 2 weeks ???? THANKS FOR THE ANSWERS
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, One Scooter Blenny, 5 Hermits, 3 Snails, 2 red foot snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, 13 Ricordea Mushrooms, One green Yuma, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, one pink birds nest, one loco lobo leather coral, one Blastomussa Merletti, and one red lobo brain coral. Soon to hook up my CA reactor.  |
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07-27-2008, 06:11 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... how many fish do you have? If you have some power filter I think it would be ok, but skimmerless for 2 weeks, I dont think so.
__________________ Mario A. --Practice makes Perfect. |
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07-27-2008, 06:14 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... i have a 40 gallon and i only have One Yellow Wrasse, and two 2 Chromis. thats it and thats a really really low fish load for my tank |
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07-27-2008, 06:37 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... You can go skimmerless for 2 weeks. There are a bunch of people that don't use skimmers at all, however, I am not one of them. Just make sure you do your water changes. When doing the water changes get as much detritus out of the tank as you can. |
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07-27-2008, 06:56 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... .....ok thanks
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, One Scooter Blenny, 5 Hermits, 3 Snails, 2 red foot snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, 13 Ricordea Mushrooms, One green Yuma, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, one pink birds nest, one loco lobo leather coral, one Blastomussa Merletti, and one red lobo brain coral. Soon to hook up my CA reactor. |
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07-27-2008, 07:12 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... just watch your ammonia, nitrites and nitrates.
__________________ Mario A. --Practice makes Perfect. |
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07-28-2008, 10:41 AM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... You shouldn't have any issues without having a skimmer running for a couple weeks but there are two things you need to think about. First off, your skimmer is adding a ton of fresh oxygen into your tank that will go away once your skimmer is removed so you may want to direct another powerhead or two at the surface to make sure that your tank's oxygen levels stay up. Secondly, your tank is acustomed to having a skimmer on your tank so removing it will cause any excess waste that would usually have been removed from your system to remain in the tank. This could cause a small nitrite spike (unlikely) or your nitrates to start rising (fairly likely) since your tank doesn't have enough bacteria in it to process all of the waste until it gets used to the change. Because of this, I'd recommend that you do a water change after a week without the skimmer running.
__________________ Current Tanks: 220 Gal Reef, 10 Gal FW, 6 Gal FW |
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07-28-2008, 11:30 AM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... ok o and yes i have plenty of oxygen for sure but ill do a water changer after one week THANKS
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, One Scooter Blenny, 5 Hermits, 3 Snails, 2 red foot snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, 13 Ricordea Mushrooms, One green Yuma, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, one pink birds nest, one loco lobo leather coral, one Blastomussa Merletti, and one red lobo brain coral. Soon to hook up my CA reactor. |
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07-28-2008, 07:30 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... I don't run a skimmer at all. Haven't for over 6 months. |
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07-28-2008, 08:08 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... wow really ???? then what equitment do you have and care to share some full tank shots and equitment shots ??
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, One Scooter Blenny, 5 Hermits, 3 Snails, 2 red foot snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, 13 Ricordea Mushrooms, One green Yuma, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, one pink birds nest, one loco lobo leather coral, one Blastomussa Merletti, and one red lobo brain coral. Soon to hook up my CA reactor. |
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07-28-2008, 08:10 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... Quote:
__________________ Mario A. --Practice makes Perfect. |
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07-28-2008, 10:28 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... There are pictures of the tank in my gallery. They are about 4 months ago. I think one way to not run a skimmer is to have a very low bio load and good refugium. It's not like I didn't try. The skimmer that came with my sump setup never eally ran right so I just quit using it. I have a new homemade refugium that is 55 gallon. |
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07-28-2008, 10:48 PM
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| Re: If i sell my skimmer.... o o i see well thats cool so anyone interested in what i am selling ?
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, One Scooter Blenny, 5 Hermits, 3 Snails, 2 red foot snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, 13 Ricordea Mushrooms, One green Yuma, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, one pink birds nest, one loco lobo leather coral, one Blastomussa Merletti, and one red lobo brain coral. Soon to hook up my CA reactor. |
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