My skimmer has not been performing very well lately. I'm not actually sure if it's because I'm feeding very little lately or because it's just not functioning properly. I believe the skimmer wasn't set up properly for the first three or four months that the tank was set up so when I finally did get it set up properly I would get two inches + every 3 or 4 days. I was battling a lot of hair algae at the time too which I'm sure was as a result of poor skimming. It was pulling out that much for a month or two but has slowed way down now and the hair algae is all gone. I've also cut back on my feeding for the time being. I feed once a day in smaller quantities until I can verify everything is stable for a while. The polyps do fully extend on most of my corals when I feed at night with the exception of a couple less healthy ones. I notice polyps come out a little more when the MH's shut off at night too and just the actinics are on. My temperature is usually pretty stable at around 78 but has got up to around 82 a couple days this summer but not very often. I have most definitely seen my flame and coral beauty angels pick at corals from time to time but usually at the base of the coral and never concentrating on just one. If I watched the tank for 2 hours they might nip at 4 different corals in total and spend the rest of their time picking at the rocks and glass. I just added two Vortechs to the system so I'll see if that helps the flow too. I'm not sure how quickly they should respond but it's been 4 days and I haven't noticed any difference. Thanks for your comments guys. Keep em coming.
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Jason
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