Poo? Really. POO?! Where did this theory start? I'm calling Shenanigans!

[ryshark]

After my effort to say poo isn't bad for the corals, I sat in a lecture with (Copps) and have reversed my opinion. I have way too much detritus in my tank and have begun a diligent effort to remove any and all detritus, sump included.

He said, if you ask all the long term successful SPS reefers how they have succeeded, a commonality between them would be "remove detritus".

Oh yeah, detritus definitely has to go, I don't want that stuff just laying around stagnant. I baste my rocks and sump weekly with a filter sock in place and my powerheads on full blast constant mode. You would be surprised how much accumulates in just a week.

 

[ryshark]

I will be interested to heard your experience on this product. Please report back (perhaps in it's own thread).

Make sure your skimmer is off when you throw that stuff in, because it could overflow on you.

 

[dzhuo]

Make sure your skimmer is off when you throw that stuff in, because it could overflow on you.

I wish my skimmer (ATB 840) will actually skim anything. My (sad) story.

 

[ryshark]

I wish my skimmer (ATB 840) will actually skim anything. My (sad) story.

I read the 1st page and last 2-pages. Looks like for your size tank and skimmer you need more fish to get that thing working properly, or coral food. Fish would be more fun though.

 

[Brian Chong]

i think settled detrius is the reason why my phosphates keep reading at .08. i have a maxi jet in the sump and detrius still settles in certain spots. This is a great thread.

 

[dzhuo]

I read the 1st page and last 2-pages. Looks like for your size tank and skimmer you need more fish to get that thing working properly, or coral food. Fish would be more fun though.

I think that's the conclusion. However, I have seen countless examples of people with only LR or a lot less bio-load with this particular skimmer with incredible skimmate production. The ATB skimmer club thread has lots of such cases. I am up to 10 fish and a few acro colonies now; the skimmer still hasn't produce a single drop of skimmate in roughly 3 days. It does have some build up in the neck.

I haven't sell or throw away this skimmer primary because my corals aren't browning or I am having algae issue. I guess we will see as I continue to feed more. I am dosing Roti Feast nightly now.

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

just a thought on the skimmer, are you running an ATO in the sump? Most skimmers need a stable water level in the sump in order to skim, unless you want to constantly adjust the valve on the skimmer.

 

[dzhuo]

Yes I have an ATO.

 

[laud]

My Naso just took a "poo" in the tank. It was large enough to cloud my view of the tank. Normally I'd be proud of him, but should I worry? j/k