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Old 09-27-2007, 06:26 PM
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Default Amount of Skimate

Just looking for some opinions on this.

I recently bought a used Rena XP3 canister filter for my 33gallon sumpless tank. I am using it to increase flow as well I have the return T-ed off to a phosphate reactor. Before I had a smaller canister filter and had a simmilar set up on the same tank. I use a Remora HOB skimmer and have seen a noticible decrease in the amout of skimate (sp?) that I am getting now that I am using the larger canister filter. I am running 2/3rds of a cup of carbon that is changed every 3 weeks in the canister filter, and that is it. I was running the same amount of carbon in the smaller canister filter before.

So why is the protien skimmer pulling less stuff out of my water?

Ted.
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33 gallon sumpless tank, Remora HOB skimmer, 2 6025 nanostream powerheads, XP3 canister filter for flow and carbon, Phosban reactor running Zeovit, 4 HOT5s 2 10K and 2 actinic. 2 Clowns, 2 urchins, snails, frogspawn frag, GBTA, and now 3 Hairy Mushrooms.
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