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Old 12-19-2012, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ChizerBunoi View Post
But in your case you were carbon dosing so it is essential to have one. But if the person was wasn't carbon dosing and was just doing w/c and GFO, they wouldn't require it.
I run carbon as well (not dosing though), but it is the bio pellets that require a skimmer. I dose MB7 to make the bio pellets more effective which is what brings down the nitrates. The MB7 also helps prevent cyano, mulm, clumping and other problems related to heavy bio pellet application.
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