Can I run a skimmer only a few hours a day?

[Proteus]

You could just run it at night but its still going to pull all the crap out.

If this is because of you pale sps just start feeding more. A lot of great sps reefs have really heavy feeding and even better filtration

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Proteus

You could just run it at night but its still going to pull all the crap out.

If this is because of you pale sps just start feeding more. A lot of great sps reefs have really heavy feeding and even better filtration

I've tried feeding more. Reefroids, coral frenzy, cyclopeez, and other frozen stuff.

It seems to have the best effect if I turn off the skimmer for an hour or so after feeding

[Maverick00]

I use to have my skimmer off between 4pm and 1am while i was home, the sound alone drove me crazy. I eventually however got use to it and run it 24hrs. I still wonder if im over skimming and would benefit from only running it during the night.