I also ran my tank skimmerless. Many people may not agree with me but I found that a tank may be very successful (in the case of softies more successful I found without a skimmer than with) without a skimmer. In my case when I bought a good skimmer it just made my maintenance much easier. I found that you either do bi weekly water changes when you have no skimmer or if your like me dont change your water for months when you do have a skimmer. Its probably not the best idea since skimmers also remove minerals from the water and corals use them up as well. Anyway to answer your question both ways work. Soft corals like nutrient rich water so skimmerless setups work better for them in my experience. I had a few hard corals in the tank when I had no skimmer and they didnt seem to like it.
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