Detritus Removal From BB Tank?

[Beverly]

Doug and Jesse,

Used to have a skimmer on my first tank a few years back. Used to baste the rock and sandbed then, too. Don't remember how much of the detritus that went into the water column wound up in the skimmer, but a lot of it was collected by the mechanical filter we also had in the tank.

You guys might like to turkey baste your tank to see how much detritus has collected on your rock. I think you will be surprised at how much crud is actually there, even if you have lots of circulation. Don't worry if your tank gets pretty cloudy, especially if you haven't ever basted your tank. The detritus won't hurt your corals or fish, though the corals may close up some during basting.

Being skimmerless, I'd like to know how your skimmer handles a large amount of detritus in the water column both during and after basting.