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Originally Posted by sphelps
Disagree, if for some reason I wanted to remove bacteria from the water column I could change 100% of the water which would be far more effective than what a skimmer could do. Ultimately changing a given amount of water on a certain frequency would compare directly to what a skimmer would accomplish, same as removing any organics. But that's all pointless information irrelevant to anything we're talking about here, the comparison was only made based on the common misconception large water changes are harmful because they remove beneficial bacteria, so I was making the same comment relating to large skimmers...
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Again that's a poor example. Bacteria multiply exponentially, it's not like removing a dissolved organic. Doing a 100% water change would remove all of the bacteria in the water (once), a skimmer will remove continuously.
I agree, a bit off topic. Sorry for that