When to run skimmer?

[SmyrnaReefer]

all the time or on for so many hours/off for so many hours.

what are your suggestions??
talk amongst yourselves.....

 

[poolkeeper1]

24/7 for ever! And then some.
Bill

 

[Jennifier615]

ALWAYS.......Think of it like this when you don't run it the fish sewage is seeping around in your water

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

thats what i was thinking but had read a few different things and young kid at LFS mentioned only running it 12 hours a day so i thought i would ask.....

 

[Pickupman66]

24-7-365. Mine only stops when I am cleaning it out weekly.

Please excuse my brevity. This was sent from my Android via Tapatalk

 

[NeveSSL]

Did the kid at the LFS have a reason for not running it?

The only time I can think of to not run your skimmer is maintenance and maybe when feeding things that can be skimmed up, such as phyto.

Brandon

 

[poolkeeper1]

What Fish store was that? So I can avoid it!
Bill

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

you go there often!

 

[NeveSSL]

:lol: I was thinking that was likely the case.

Brandon

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

Hmmm - thinking that might be the same young guy that sold us a conch that wasn't a conch at all (not even close)!

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

what is it with you and not getting what you ordered?

Hmmm - thinking that might be the same young guy that sold us a conch that wasn't a conch at all (not even close)!

 

[poolkeeper1]

Name Please

Name Please

you go there often!

If there is someone giving wrong Info I will tell Chris as he would want to know! If this is where we are talking about. We are friends and can talk honestly with each other. LMK who you are talking about Via PM
Bill:wavehand:

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

what is it with you and not getting what you ordered?

ppppffffffttttttthhhhh (thats a raspberry in case you're wondering)

Jay, you just lost my vote.... JK LOL

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

hah, i was just talking about the goby from reef2go

ppppffffffttttttthhhhh (thats a raspberry in case you're wondering)

Jay, you just lost my vote.... JK LOL

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

I know.

Its doing very well by the way. But we still need to get him a shrimp buddy.

PS - the storm has hit us now and I have water running down the front of my fireplace. The kittens are fascinated. LOL

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

i had hickory nuts hitting the roof, sounded like some putting a new roof on the house. critter has a pistol shrimp in the display tank on the counter! atleast they did last week sometime

 

[zukmancdr]

If you get a pistol shrimp. Keep an eye on the small frags in the sand. Because mine has lost several over time. LOL I call mine DOZER!!!!!

 

[poolkeeper1]

Shrimps

Shrimps

I know.

Its doing very well by the way. But we still need to get him a shrimp buddy.
If your thinking Pistol Shrimp, Be careful mine has gotten so large that i think it is killing all my small fish with his thunder claw.
If i could catch him i would give it to you!
Bill:blown:










PS - the storm has hit us now and I have water running down the front of my fireplace. The kittens are fascinated. LOL

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

It is a very small Wheelers Shrimp/Prawn Goby, so we're planning on getting a Candy Cane (aka Randall's) pistol shrimp which don't get much bigger than an 1.5 inches or so long when full grown.

 

[iamwrasseman]

24/7/365 unless your trating your tank and it needs to be turned off for that purpose .