Probably the most provocative article in a long while...

[i have crabs]

Originally Posted by midgetwaiter

All jokes aside, all you can really infer from this is that the skimmer doesn't seem to do what we thought it did in terms of DOC, at least not directly. Nobody can really advocate ditching their skimmers based on this.

speak for yourself, i just ditched 2 rs250's in the trash

[Delphinus]

Hmmm, interesting. Without reading the article as yet (I'll try to read it later if I can), for me though, I guess it comes down to this: My skimmer produces dark nasty smelly goop water. I assume it's fish poo that makes it like this. If I didn't have the skimmer, that goop would stay in the tank. Whether it's DOC or TOC or ABC doesn't really matter to me very much, what matter is that it smells bad and I think my tank is better off having it taken out than left in.