Do I add a skimmer to BioCube 14?

[DarthFred6996]

My LFS says I do not have to as long as I keep up with my weekly water changes. I only plan on having soft corals, zoos, shrooms, and fish and my little clean-up crew of snails and hermits. If I need one, how do I go about utilizing it in the available chambers in the back of the cube?

 

[tk1360]

Religious water changes should serve fine. Since its a new tank you can monitor it and adjust accordingly. Personally with my Aquapod 24 I have the current nano fission skimmer but rarely run it and rely instead on waterchanges. So far this has solved whatever algal issues I have had.

BTW I have the same stocking scheme: "soft corals, zoos, shrooms, and fish and my little clean-up crew of snails and hermits"

 

[DarthFred6996]

Thanks for the response. What exactly do you have in your tank?

 

[smartang22]

I have a 14 gallon BioCube and I do not have a skimmer. But I am new so don't take my advice; I just want to tell you what I have. I have a little clown, two cleaner shrimp, and assorted crabs and snails. The only other fish I am going to get is a yellow watchman goby. I think anymore than this would be too much to keep up in the tank. After live rock (17 lbs.) i only have about 10 gallons of water (I just did an 8 gallon change trying to fix the yellow water problem).

 

[quy_nquyen]

not needed.

when i had my 12g aquapod i had a perc, sixline, firefish, anemone crab, peppermint shrimp + the rest of the clean up crew. i had about 15 lb of rocks. the turned the back filter chambers into a fuge. i ran the tank for 5 months before upgraded to a 24g during that 5 months i did 3-4 water change.

 

[tk1360]

my 24 has 4 fish (flame angel, 2 perc and a yellow clown goby) zoos, mushrooms, xenia, open brain and the cleanup crew including a cleaner shrimp, snails, and crabs.