Ya i will let you know why.
skimming is great to extend the water changes that happens in your tank. A skimmer will pull excess nutrients in your tank, along with When you over skim you can actually pull Nitrates out too. like Wet skimming

Protein skimmers are one of the most important devices you can use to maintain water quality in a saltwater aquarium. Protein skimming removes organic pollutants before they break down into nitrates and phosphates. The improved water quality is beneficial to fish and corals and may reduce the frequency in which water changes are necessary. but you can do the same with good old Fashion WATER CHANGES. so when y ou have a tank that is 20 gal doing a5 gal water change or 10 gal every week is great since yo uare replacing the proper elements in the tank.


IMO for a tank that is 30 gal and smaller havinga protein skimmer is a waste of tiem since you are able to do water changes and have a huge impact on your tank with just WC, so why waste your money unless you are a equipment guru that needs one, then go for it ,

I would put the money towards something important like more salt....

very usefull info :)

what i think i might do is set it up without a skimmer, and run it and keep adding inhabitants(as i wont get a whole lotta skimmate when there isnt much in there)
and then if i ever feel like waterchanges arent enough, ill get a skimmer :)

to your question what i mean is put the money to the tank like getting top notch equipment, there is a 20 gal SPs tank on RC that is totally amazing i will go look for it.

ooo, okay. that makes more sense when you say it that way :)

and i deffinaty have been trying to get some of the more top notch equipment, otherwise i would probably have my tank up :p
it's just a lil hard to do on allowances and holiday money(christmas,birthday, ect)
but so far i haven't really wimped out.

custom sump, oak stand, im getting a new tank because my one right now isnt in the best shape, and a 2x24w hagen GLO t5ho (which ill get another of)
oh, and im getting a RK2 (which is looking hard to get because its been discontinued, but if i ant get it ill get the reefkeeper lite)

well if you are looking for tanks there are some nice ones that there is in the 4 sale forum here an there is a red sea max too.

lol, not the like whole tank,
just an AGA 29 gallon, cuz the silicone on mine is lookin a lil ruff, i painted it with the wrong paint, and the sides are a bit scratched up

you can get a 33 gallon for like 40 bucks or something at golds.

kool, thanks for the tip. hopefully they will have a 29 gallon in stock