Filtration dillemma, to skim or not to skim.

[QuiGonJay]

I have a 45 gallon all in one. I run both filter racks, one with chemipure and puri gen the other with chemipure and carbon . I have a small skimmer in the second chamber but it works very poorly or not at all. I have a new tunze skimmer, very nice but only fits in the first chamber. My question, should I add the new skimmer and remove on filter rack or stay as is? Now tank issues, all is good. Just trying to stay ahead of the curb and upgrade where possible.

 

[shifty51008]

I would try and skim if it were me. Put the chemipure and carbon in the 2nd chamber and you should be good

 

[thelawnwrangler]

Isn't chemipure Carbon on steroids?

 

[Coelli]

Isn't chemipure Carbon on steroids?

I thought it was carbon and GFO Whatever it is, running it in both chambers is overkill and OP should ditch the purigen and extra chemipure in favor of skimming, IMHO!

 

[QuiGonJay]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Xxero]

I agree with running your new skimmer.

After seeing and smelling the sludge I dump out of my skimmer's cup, I can't imagine not removing those organics from the water. GL! :bigeyes:

 

[Reef Frog]

Chemi pure elite is a mix of carbon & GFO. Buying carbon & GFO seperately and running them in mesh bags is less expensive.

Personally I'd always want a skimmer if I had fish. But GFO may be the best and/or the only practical way of fighting lest algae, so I would need to find a way to run a mesh bag of GFO or consider a a reactor or even canister. I think eventually you may need a way to run a PS & granular media.

 

[CStrickland]

Taking stuff out of the tank, like a skimmer does, is pretty much always preferable to using media to polish the water IMO. I think all the racks and stuff in those sumps cause problems with people feeling like they need to fill them up. You wind up with a bunch of magic pellets that you don't even know what they do.

Btw if anybody needs a good laugh, check out the chemipure product description on marine depot.

Whereas medical research has termed the positive ion the ""suicide"" or ""unhappy"" ion, they have found the negative ion properly termed the ""happy"" ion. The natural balance between both negative and positive ions are present in air as well as water. In the medical research mentioned, patients were actually subjected to major surgery - using no anesthetic except a flood of almost all negatively charged ions through a regular anesthetic mask. They were completely awake, yet felt no pain whatsoever! Conversely, volunteers were isolated in a room which had an excess of positive ion circulated though the air. These subjects reported extreme melancholia, feelings of depression, and even a desire to suicide.

Sure sounds like a useful thing for an aquarium lol
Maybe that's why our fish jump out the tank, too many suicide ions!